# Accident 19750427011879A: Piper PA32260, Gainesville, FL, April 27, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1975
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 29.6900° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6900&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7703J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7703J-2020-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 12 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DLA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLA39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750427011879A

## Narrative

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

ACFT PORPOISE ON LDG.

## 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 MIA75DLA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLA39), Apr 27, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N7703J), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7703J (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20191109023169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191109023169A), Nov 9, 2019: Piper PA-32-260 (N7703J), Spring, TX, Substantial damage. On 11/09/2019 around 0930, [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] took off out david wayne hooks (dwh) headed for navasota, TX. In N7703J (PA-32). About…
- [Incident 19901121064179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901121064179I), Nov 21, 1990: Piper PA32260 (N7703J), Key Largo, FL. Pilot became lost. Entered cuban airspace. Customs helicopter intercepted aircraft. Directed it to U.S. Airport.
- [Incident 19880306004559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880306004559I), Mar 6, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N7703J), Mound City, MO, Substantial damage. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in a corn field. Ground fog developed at destination. Unable to find another airport.

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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