# Accident 19761016039129A: Piper PA23, College Sta, TX, October 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1976
- Place: College Sta, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.6280° N, 96.3344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of College Station, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6280&lon=-96.3344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1434P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1434P-1977-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761016039129A

## Narrative

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

PLT HAD DIFFICULTIES NAVIGATING AFTR TKOF.PLT LOG BOOK NOT FOUND,INST TIME UNK.

## 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 FTW77FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA004), Oct 16, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N1434P), College Sta, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N1434P (1)

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

- [Accident 19730514012629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730514012629A), May 14, 1973: Piper PA23 (N1434P), Venice, FL, Substantial damage. Quantity of wet grass lodged ovr l carb air inlet screen. Main gr locked bfr t/d,nose gr did not.

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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