# Accident 19750109012719A: Piper PA32260, Show Low, AZ, January 9, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1975
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.2542° N, 110.0298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Show Low, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2542&lon=-110.0298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3883W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3883W-1975-07-14) (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: 160 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750109012719A

## Narrative

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

CARRYING LOAD OF MARIJUANA. RECOVERY DATE 3/25/75.

## 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 LAX75AL036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL036), Jan 9, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N3883W), Show Low, AZ, 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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