# Accident 19760923032979A: Piper PA34200, Columbus, OH, September 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1976
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus Int
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15076 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,267 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEK29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEK29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760923032979A

## Narrative

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

R BRAKE INOP. WORN TO RIVETS, RUSTED, DISC PITTED. TIME OF FAILURE UND. ANN INSP 20.51 HRS AGO.

## 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 CHI76FEK29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEK29), Sep 23, 1976: Piper PA-34 (N15076), Columbus, OH, 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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