# Accident 19760926033039A: Piper PA28140, Greenfield, OK, September 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1976
- Place: Greenfield, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.7291° N, 98.3775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7291&lon=-98.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55481, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55481-1976-11-08) (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: 69 total, 35 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760926033039A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL DURING ATTEMPTED TURN AROUND. PLT STATED HE GOT A FEW MINUTES SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE.

## 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 FTW76AF126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF126), Sep 26, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N55481), Greenfield, OK, 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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