# Accident 19760611028519A: Piper PA23250, Cheyenne, WY, June 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1976
- Place: Cheyenne, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 41.1400° N, 104.8202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cheyenne, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1400&lon=-104.8202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5448Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5448Y-1977-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,623 total, 417 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760611028519A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT MAIL FLIGHT.PLT MADE LOW PASS OVER OPEN R OLLING TERRAIN.

## 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 DEN76AD053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD053), Jun 11, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N5448Y), Cheyenne, WY, destroyed, 1 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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