# Accident 19750730023029A: Piper PA32260, Franklin, NC, July 30, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1975
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15126, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15126) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DKM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DKM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750730023029A

## Narrative

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

TRACTOR SUDDENLY VEERED ACROSS RWY.

## 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 IAD76DKM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DKM05), Jul 30, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N15126), Franklin, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15126 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840410035069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840410035069I), Apr 10, 1984: Piper PA32260 (N15126), Gray, GA, Minor damage. Ran out of fuel en route with a stolen aircraft. Landed in a grain field. Fled the scene. Tracked down by bloodhound

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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