# Accident 19760815031079A: Piper PA28R, Melrose, NM, August 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1976
- Place: Melrose, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.4295° N, 103.6294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melrose, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4295&lon=-103.6294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8776C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8776C-1976-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760815031079A

## Narrative

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

PLT BLOOD ETHANOL LEVEL O.098 .BLOOD ACETALDEHYDE 0.001 .

## 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 DEN76AD065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD065), Aug 15, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N8776C), Melrose, NM, 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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