# Accident 19761206040739A: Piper PA23250, Mt Sterling, OH, December 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1976
- Place: Mt Sterling, OH
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.7133° N, 83.2735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Sterling, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7133&lon=-83.2735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5046Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5046Y-1977-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,040 total, 655 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEK08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEK08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761206040739A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI77FEK08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEK08), Dec 6, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N5046Y), Mt Sterling, OH, 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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