# Accident 19760722025149A: Piper PA28180, Hiawatha, IA, July 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1976
- Place: Hiawatha, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.0561° N, 91.6899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hiawatha, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0561&lon=-91.6899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6381J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6381J-1976-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 425 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760722025149A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TV TOWER ABT 815 AGL.

## 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 MKC76AK068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK068), Jul 22, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N6381J), Hiawatha, IA, destroyed, 2 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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