# Accident 19760927031619A: Piper PA22160, Treasure Is, FL, September 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1976
- Place: Treasure Is, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N8541D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8541D-1976-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 956 total, 700 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76AM112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760927031619A

## Narrative

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

ACFT APRX 135 LB OVR GW AT TIME OF OCCURRANCE.

## 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 MIA76AM112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76AM112), Sep 27, 1976: Piper PA-22 (N8541D), Treasure Is, FL, destroyed, 4 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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