# Accident 19761029033459A: Piper PA34200, Selma, AL, October 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1976
- Place: Selma, AL
- Airport: Selfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 32.4385° N, 86.9497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Selfield Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4385&lon=-86.9497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4484T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,692 total, 218 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761029033459A

## Narrative

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

BRAKES FAILED WHILE TAXIING TO 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 MIA77FKJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ04), Oct 29, 1976: Piper PA-34 (N4484T), Selma, AL, substantial damage

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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