# Accident 19760807029629A: Piper PA28R200, Oshkosh, WI, August 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1976
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Whittman Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 44.0232° N, 88.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oshkosh, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0232&lon=-88.5623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55765, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55765-1976-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 91 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760807029629A

## Narrative

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

PLT MADE LOW SLOW APCH. HIT R WG FIRST.

## 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 CHI76AC083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC083), Aug 7, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N55765), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed, 1 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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