# Accident 19760701019159A: Piper PA23250, Huntersville, NC, July 1, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1976
- Place: Huntersville, NC
- Airport: Bradford Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.4087° N, 80.7942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADFORD FLD (NC05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4087&lon=-80.7942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5112Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5112Y-1989-07-26) (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: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FKM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760701019159A

## Narrative

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

RAN INTO DITCH ALONG THE END OF THE 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 IAD76FKM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM39), Jul 1, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N5112Y), Huntersville, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5112Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19890212006729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890212006729A), Feb 12, 1989: Piper PA23250 (N5112Y), Huntersville, NC, Destroyed. Engine fire in pattern. Feathered engine. Landed. Thick smoke in cabin. Fire consumed aircraft. Origin unknown.

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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