# Accident 19761206042339A: Piper PA23160, Clewiston, FL, December 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1976
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Clewiston Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 26.7431° N, 80.9477° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Clewiston Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7431&lon=-80.9477&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4240P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4240P-1977-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761206042339A

## 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 MIA77FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA016), Dec 6, 1976: Piper PA-23 (N4240P), Clewiston, FL, destroyed, 5 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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