# Accident 19760720022249A: Piper PA28235, Griffith, IN, July 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1976
- Place: Griffith, IN
- Airport: Grifith
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.5276° N, 87.4239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Griffith, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5276&lon=-87.4239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9458W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9458W-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 422 total, 9 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DETE5](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DETE5) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720022249A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 30 KTS.

## 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 CHI76DETE5](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DETE5), Jul 20, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N9458W), Griffith, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9458W (1)

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

- [Accident 19790317043749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317043749A), Mar 17, 1979: Piper PA28235 (N9458W), Park Forrest So, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled in steep turn at low altitude. Engine had stopped at impact. Alcohol, possible carb ice, heart seizure.

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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