# Accident 19760612018939A: Piper PA23250, West Liberty, KY, June 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1976
- Place: West Liberty, KY
- Airport: West Liberty
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.9144° N, 83.2519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEST LIBERTY (9I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9144&lon=-83.2519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852PS-1976-08-24) (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: 714 total, 121 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760612018939A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES 1800FT WSW OF RWY APRX 100FT ABV RWY ELEV.

## 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 IAD76AI076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI076), Jun 12, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N852PS), West Liberty, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N852PS (1)

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

- [Accident 19731215039851A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731215039851A), Dec 15, 1973: Piper PA23250 (N852PS), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Acft parked on ramp over night. Hvy frost on r side of windshield.

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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