# Accident 19760708019769A: Piper PA23, Mobile, AL, July 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1976
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16442, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16442-2003-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-150 (registry code 7102303, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,044 total, 70 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKJ81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKJ81) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760708019769A

## Narrative

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

NOSE LNDG GR LOCK SPRING P/N 83302-21 BKN,JAMMED BTWN LIGHT SWITCH AND CAM LATCH ASSEMBLY.

## 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 MIA76FKJ81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKJ81), Jul 8, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N16442), Mobile, AL, 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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