# Accident 19760915039829A: Piper PA24250, Trinity Center, CA, September 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1976
- Place: Trinity Center, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.9841° N, 122.7083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trinity Center, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9841&lon=-122.7083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7614P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7614P-1977-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 305 total, 24 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760915039829A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 9/16/76.

## 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 OAK76AP070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP070), Sep 15, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N7614P), Trinity Center, CA, destroyed, 4 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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