# Accident 19751126042149A: Piper PA32260, Robbinsville, NC, November 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1975
- Place: Robbinsville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.3213° N, 83.8089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robbinsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3213&lon=-83.8089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55661, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55661-1976-01-15) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751126042149A

## Narrative

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

HIT MTN ABT 4500FT MSL.RECOVERED 12/6/75.

## 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 IAD76AI037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI037), Nov 26, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N55661), Robbinsville, NC, destroyed, 4 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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