# Accident 19760703020039A: Piper PA28R200, Sauk Centre, MN, July 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1976
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN
- Airport: Sauk Centre
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 45.7066° N, 94.9332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAUK CENTRE MUNI (D39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7066&lon=-94.9332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8405C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 441 total, 66 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DER75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DER75) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760703020039A

## Narrative

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

R MAIN GR FELL INTO A 9 IN DEEP RUT ADJ TO RUN UP APRON.

## 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 MKC76DER75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DER75), Jul 3, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N8405C), Sauk Centre, MN, 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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