# Accident 19761227040839A: Piper PA28140, Paso Robles, CA, December 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1976
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Sherwood Acres
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.6266° N, 120.6910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paso Robles, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6266&lon=-120.6910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440FL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 171 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DVM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761227040839A

## Narrative

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

LNDD AT ABANDONED AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX77DVM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DVM04), Dec 27, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N440FL), Paso Robles, CA, 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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