# Accident 19760518024049A: Piper PA34200, Petersburg, AK, May 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1976
- Place: Petersburg, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 56.8113° N, 132.9513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.8113&lon=-132.9513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55951, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55951-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,683 total, 44 in this make and model, 288 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760518024049A

## Narrative

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

LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.

## 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 ANC76AA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA088), May 18, 1976: Piper PA-34 (N55951), Petersburg, AK, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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