# Accident 19761127040429A: Piper PA28R180, Tallahassee, FL, November 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1976
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4615J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4615J-1977-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 24 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761127040429A

## Narrative

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

R OUTBOARD WING PANEL FAILED.

## 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 MIA77FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA013), Nov 27, 1976: Piper PA-28R (N4615J), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed, 2 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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