# Accident 19760619021559A: Piper PA36285, Earth, TX, June 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1976
- Place: Earth, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 34.2338° N, 102.4092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Earth, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2338&lon=-102.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57597, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57597-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,317 total, 25 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FQG81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQG81) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760619021559A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76FQG81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQG81), Jun 19, 1976: Piper PA-36 (N57597), Earth, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57597 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020802016609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802016609A), Aug 2, 2002: Piper PA36285 (N57597), Altus, OK, No damage. (.19) On August 2, 2002, at 1220 central daylight time, a Piper PA-36-285 single-engine agricultural airplane, N57597, was substantially damaged during a…

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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