# Accident 19760518015309A: Piper PA28140, Aurora, OR, May 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1976
- Place: Aurora, OR
- Airport: Aurora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 45.2283° N, 122.7572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2283&lon=-122.7572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4292T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4292T-1977-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FYC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760518015309A

## Narrative

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

R CROSSWIND,GUSTS TO 20K.

## 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 SEA76FYC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FYC51), May 18, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N4292T), Aurora, OR, 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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