# Accident 19740720023629A: Piper PA32260, Manchester, VT, July 20, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1974
- Place: Manchester, VT
- Airport: Equinox
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.1542° N, 73.0625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1542&lon=-73.0625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3804W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3804W-1975-08-28) (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: 1,250 total, 74 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740720023629A

## Narrative

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH AND LODGED IN MAPLE TREE SHORTLY AFTER TKOF.

## 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 NYC75AN008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN008), Jul 20, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N3804W), Manchester, VT, 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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