# Accident 19760605024979A: Piper PA24400, St James, MI, June 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1976
- Place: St James, MI
- Airport: Welke
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 45.7213° N, 85.5197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELKE (6Y8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7213&lon=-85.5197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7043P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7043P-1977-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 341 total, 147 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEM45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEM45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760605024979A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A MOUND OF DIRT BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY STRUCK LGTS L OF RWY.

## 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 CHI76FEM45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEM45), Jun 5, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N7043P), St James, MI, 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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