# NTSB NYC76AN065: Piper PA-28R, N15496, Missing Aircraft, January 13, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 13, 1976
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC76AN065
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN065

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0081  76/1/13    MISSING AIRCRAFT    PIPER PA-28R        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N15496              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 32, 1620 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NORWOOD,MA                  MATAWAN,NJ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT MISSING BETWEEN DEER PARK,NY AND MATAWAN,NJ DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N15496](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15496-1976-05-26), registration cancelled 1976-05-26, S/N 28R-7335063, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760113007589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760113007589A), Jan 13, 1976: Piper PA28R200, Missing Aircraf, MA. Acft Missing between deer park,NY and matawan,NJ dmg and injury index presumed.

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.

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