# Accident 19760708019439A: Piper PA25235, West Ridge, AR, July 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1976
- Place: West Ridge, AR
- Airport: Evans-Morgan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.6831° N, 90.2626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Ridge, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6831&lon=-90.2626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8936L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8936L-1994-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 508 total, 150 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DPG77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPG77) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760708019439A

## Narrative

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

HIT DIRT MOUND,L GR SEPARATED. CONT FLT TO BASE.

## 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 FTW76DPG77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPG77), Jul 8, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N8936L), West Ridge, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8936L (1)

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

- [Accident 19780613014809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780613014809A), Jun 13, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N8936L), Osceola, AR, 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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