# Accident 19760904028229A: Piper PA28235, W.Monroe, LA, September 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1976
- Place: W.Monroe, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.5115° N, 92.1514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Monroe, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5115&lon=-92.1514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8786L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8786L-1976-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,650 total, 2,650 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FRJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRJ44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760904028229A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WING HIT TREE AND SPUN INTO GROUND.

## 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 FTW76FRJ44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRJ44), Sep 4, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N8786L), W.Monroe, LA, 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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