# Accident 19750815034809A: Piper PA32260, Fort Wayne, IN, August 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1975
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3821W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3821W-1975-08-15) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750815034809A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HEARD AT LOW ALT,BFR CRASH. PILOT-METRO COND NOT ADEQUATE FOR TRRN ASSESSMENT

## 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 CHI76AC014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC014), Aug 15, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N3821W), Fort Wayne, IN, destroyed, 5 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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