# Accident 19741229044169A: Piper PA32260, Laytonsville, MD, December 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1974
- Place: Laytonsville, MD
- Airport: Montgomery Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 39.2089° N, 77.1353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laytonsville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2089&lon=-77.1353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3840W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3840W-1975-06-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 162 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741229044169A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD75AI037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI037), Dec 29, 1974: Piper PA-32 (N3840W), Laytonsville, MD, substantial damage, 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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