# Accident 19750916031649A: Piper PA32260, Alexandria, LA, September 16, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1975
- Place: Alexandria, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 31.2934° N, 92.4702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexandria, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2934&lon=-92.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7747J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7747J-1975-11-17) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 77 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750916031649A

## Narrative

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

ILS MODE SET FOR NORMAL APCH,NOT BACK COURSE.

## 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 FTW76AF021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF021), Sep 16, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N7747J), Alexandria, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N7747J (1)

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

- [Accident 19730315005379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730315005379A), Mar 15, 1973: Piper PA32260 (N7747J), Junction, TX, Substantial damage. Bearing p/n 2-202 in one magneto failed. Nose wheel hit large yucca plant. Pro plt,business flt.

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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