# Accident 19761118035539A: Piper PA23, Natchez, MS, November 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1976
- Place: Natchez, MS
- Airport: Hardy-Anders
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 31.5424° N, 91.3856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Natchez, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5424&lon=-91.3856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13903 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 862 total, 47 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKQ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761118035539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT PLACE FUEL SELECTOR VALVES IN DETENT

## 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 MIA77FKQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKQ03), Nov 18, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N13903), Natchez, MS, destroyed

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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