# Accident 19760926039049A: Piper PA23250, Steamboat Spgs, CO, September 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1976
- Place: Steamboat Spgs, CO
- Airport: Routt County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 40.4756° N, 106.8229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steamboat Springs, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4756&lon=-106.8229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777MF-1977-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,686 total, 498 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76AD074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760926039049A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES SAW TURN TO FINAL STEEPEN-NOSE DROP MISC-AFT CARGO DOOR CAME OPEN DURING TAKEOFF

## 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 DEN76AD074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76AD074), Sep 26, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N777MF), Steamboat Spgs, CO, destroyed, 6 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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