# Accident 19761020041709A: Piper PA31350, Hampton, VA, October 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1976
- Place: Hampton, VA
- Airport: Newport News International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 37.0299° N, 76.3452° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0299&lon=-76.3452&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61436, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61436-1977-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,646 total, 180 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761020041709A

## Narrative

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

NR5 CYL,R ENG,EXH VALVE WOULD NOT SEAT.R ENG ALT BRACKET FAILED.COPLT INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

## 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 IAD77FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA008), Oct 20, 1976: Piper PA-31 (N61436), Hampton, VA, 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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