# Accident 19760528014339A: Piper PA28140, Cotton Valley, LA, May 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1976
- Place: Cotton Valley, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.8129° N, 93.4230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cotton Valley, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8129&lon=-93.4230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1656J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1656J-2014-09-10) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 94 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FRJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRJ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760528014339A

## Narrative

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

1 QT OIL FOUND IN SYS. BOTH PLT & OP STATE ENG OIL FULL ON DEP.

## 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 FTW76FRJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRJ27), May 28, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N1656J), Cotton Valley, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1656J (2)

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

- [Accident 19980702015719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702015719A), Jul 2, 1998: Piper PA28140 (N1656J), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. The flight was scheduled to review flight maneuvers prior to the studen's practical flight test for the private pilot certificate. The airplane was configured…
- [Accident 19830824050049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830824050049A), Aug 24, 1983: Piper PA28140 (N1656J), Winslow, AR, Substantial damage. Landed too long to stop on the runway. Ran off the end and struck a tree stump.

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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