# Accident 19731026036479A: Piper PA32260, Rolla, MO, October 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1973
- Place: Rolla, MO
- Airport: Rolla Downtown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 37.9357° N, 91.8135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROLLA DOWNTOWN (K07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9357&lon=-91.8135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3222W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3222W-1997-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 15 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FCA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCA16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731026036479A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK UNLIGHTED PARKED AIRCRAFT WITH BLOWN TIRE LOCATED 148 FT BFR RWY.PLT DIDNT SEE ACFT IN TIME

## 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 MKC74FCA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCA16), Oct 26, 1973: Piper PA-32 (N3222W), Rolla, MO, 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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