# Accident 19760530017269A: Piper J3C65, Rock Springs, MT, May 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1976
- Place: Rock Springs, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 46.8169° N, 106.2470° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8169&lon=-106.2470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6519H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6519H-1976-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 603 total, 575 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760530017269A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 263 MG

## 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 SEA76AS052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS052), May 30, 1976: Piper J3C-65 (N6519H), Rock Springs, MT, destroyed, 2 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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