# Accident 19760924037119A: Piper PA18135, Zurich, MT, September 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1976
- Place: Zurich, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 48.5860° N, 109.0302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zurich, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5860&lon=-109.0302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8966C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8966C-1977-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 76 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760924037119A

## Narrative

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

PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.083 .

## 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 SEA76AS078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS078), Sep 24, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N8966C), Zurich, MT, 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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