# Accident 19760908028709A: Piper PA34200T, Timmonsville, SC, September 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1976
- Place: Timmonsville, SC
- Airport: Huggins
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.1356° N, 79.9214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUGGINS MEML (58J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1356&lon=-79.9214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1135X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,130 total, 825 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76 LG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76%20LG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760908028709A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DOOR POPPED OPEN ON SHORT FINAL.

## 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 MIA76 LG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76%20LG52), Sep 8, 1976: Piper PA-34 (N1135X), Timmonsville, SC, 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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