# Accident 19750513011649A: Piper PA32300, Frankfort, ME, May 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1975
- Place: Frankfort, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.6098° N, 68.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6098&lon=-68.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56012 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 478 total, 25 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75FNC32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNC32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750513011649A

## Narrative

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

DSCNDD THRU CLDS HIT TREES ON MTN ABT 650FT MSL.

## 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 NYC75FNC32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75FNC32), May 13, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N56012), Frankfort, ME, 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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