# Accident 19760804026599A: Piper PA30, Pioche, NV, August 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1976
- Place: Pioche, NV
- Airport: Williams Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 37.9520° N, 114.4435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pioche, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9520&lon=-114.4435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7291Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7291Y-2006-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 85 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVW33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVW33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760804026599A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED WITH SUN DIRECTLY IN HIS EYES

## 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 OAK76DVW33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVW33), Aug 4, 1976: Piper PA-30 (N7291Y), Pioche, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7291Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20060113000239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060113000239A), Jan 13, 2006: Piper PA30 (N7291Y), Visalia, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) N7291Y a Piper PA-30-30 twin engine aircraft, departed byron, CA (C83) airport VFR on 01/13/2006 at 5:20 pm PST with a destination of Visalia, CA (kvis).…

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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