# Accident 19750830027429A: Piper PA22135, Talladega, AL, August 30, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1975
- Place: Talladega, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.4318° N, 86.0995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talladega, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4318&lon=-86.0995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3240B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3240B-1975-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750830027429A

## Narrative

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

PLT FLEW INTO CLOUDS. L TURN,HIT MOUNTAIN.

## 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 MIA76FKJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKJ20), Aug 30, 1975: Piper PA-22 (N3240B), Talladega, AL, 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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