# Accident 19760923029309A: Piper PA28140, Mattituck, NY, September 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1976
- Place: Mattituck, NY
- Airport: Mattituck Airbase
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.0049° N, 72.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mattituck, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0049&lon=-72.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33165, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33165-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 30 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760923029309A

## Narrative

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

TAXIING BACK ON R SIDE OF RWY,OTR ACFT ON FINAL.HIT FENCE OBSCURED BY SHRUBBERY.

## 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 NYC76FHJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHJ33), Sep 23, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N33165), Mattituck, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N33165 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911229061849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911229061849I), Dec 29, 1991: Piper PA28140 (N33165), Vancouver, WA. Pilot landed long on third approach. Skidded off end of runway. No current flight review.

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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