# Accident 19760524014239A: Piper PA30, Monroeville, AL, May 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1976
- Place: Monroeville, AL
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 31.5162° N, 87.3277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroeville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5162&lon=-87.3277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N718JR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N718JR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 783 total, 34 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKJ63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760524014239A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MIA76DKJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKJ63), May 24, 1976: Piper PA-30 (N718JR), Monroeville, AL, 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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