# Accident 19760808024379A: Piper PA22160, Bethel, ME, August 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1976
- Place: Bethel, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.4038° N, 70.7864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4038&lon=-70.7864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8630D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8630D-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,155 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FNC62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNC62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760808024379A

## Narrative

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

FLT IN CLDS,PLT INTENDED COURSE 030 DEG FLEW 300 DEG.HIT TREES ON MTN ABT 2650 FT MSL.

## 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 NYC76FNC62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FNC62), Aug 8, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N8630D), Bethel, ME, substantial damage

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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