# Accident 19760514019949A: Piper PA31T, Fairbanks, AK, May 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1976
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66837 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,090 total, 280 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760514019949A

## Narrative

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

HIT RAMP FENCH & DMGD 3 CARS. BRAKING & NOSE WHEEL STEERING INOP. PLT FEATH BOTH PROPS.

## 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 ANC76AA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA087), May 14, 1976: Piper PA-31T (N66837), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

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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