# Accident 19761001032109A: Piper PA22, Coral, MI, October 1, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1976
- Place: Coral, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 43.3628° N, 85.4028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coral, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3628&lon=-85.4028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3438A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3438A-1991-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 92 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK77X0100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK77X0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761001032109A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 UNK77X0100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK77X0100), Oct 1, 1976: Piper PA-22 (N3438A), Coral, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3438A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860428014529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860428014529A), Apr 28, 1986: Piper PA22135 (N3438A), Chugiak, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft impacted a glacier during low level operations. Pilot reported a severe downdraft.
- [Incident 19820601037099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820601037099I), Jun 1, 1982: Piper PA22 (N3438A), Tyonek, AK, Minor damage. Struck soft sand and overturned on attempted takeoff from a sandbar.

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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