# Accident 19761230042599A: Picard AX6, Jersey Village, TX, December 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1976
- Place: Jersey Village, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 29.8929° N, 95.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jersey Village, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8929&lon=-95.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53DP-2012-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piccard AX-6 (registry code 7001218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PICARD AX6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761230042599A

## Narrative

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

POWERPLANT WAS A PICCARD 504A PROPANE FUELED DUAL BURNER,SNP020.ASCENTION WAS FROM A BALLOON PORT.

## 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 FTW77FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA026), Dec 30, 1976: Piccard AX-6 (N53DP), Jersey Village, TX, 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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