# Accident 19760908028719A: Piper PA28180, Richmond, VA, September 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1976
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Va State Police
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15811, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15811-1976-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 25 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760908028719A

## Narrative

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

T/D ABT HALF WAY DWN 1800 FT RWY,PULLED BACK INTO THE AIR CAME DWN HARD ABT 3/4 WAY DWN BFR GOARND

## 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 IAD76AI098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI098), Sep 8, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N15811), Richmond, VA, 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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