# Accident 19760717030719A: Piper PA28140, Zelienople, PA, July 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1976
- Place: Zelienople, PA
- Airport: Zelienople
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.8027° N, 80.1611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZELIENOPLE MUNI (PJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8027&lon=-80.1611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4942T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4942T-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,809 total, 258 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760717030719A

## 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 NYC76AN112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN112), Jul 17, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N4942T), Zelienople, PA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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