# Accident 19760509011659A: Piper PA28140, Lafayette, LA, May 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1976
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8730E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8730E-2006-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 176 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FRD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRD44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760509011659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT STATED VOR & COMM EQUIP FAILED.UN LOCATE ARPT SO LND ON ROAD.R WG HIT UNK OBJECT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW76FRD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRD44), May 9, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N8730E), Lafayette, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8730E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050427034289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050427034289A), Apr 27, 2005: Piper PA28140 (N8730E), Indian Head, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was on a vfr-traffic-pattern final leg. Winds were reported as aligned with the runway in use, which due to the down-sloping terrain at the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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