# Accident 19760923035629A: Piper PA28140, Deland, FL, September 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1976
- Place: Deland, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N657FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N657FL-1976-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 13 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760923035629A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT MAINTAINED FOR NIGHT FLT. PLT HAD LITTLE NIGHT EXPERIENCE. ALCOHOL LEVEL 126MG PCT.

## 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 MIA76AM111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM111), Sep 23, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N657FL), Deland, FL, destroyed, 2 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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