# Accident 19751206040099A: Piper PA32R300, Topping, VA, December 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1975
- Place: Topping, VA
- Airport: Hummel
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.6036° N, 76.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUMMEL FLD (W75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6036&lon=-76.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200HM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N200HM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 621 total, 529 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751206040099A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IN SHARP L TURN.FWD BAGGAGE COMP DOOR OPENED IN FLT.

## 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 IAD76AI038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI038), Dec 6, 1975: Piper PA-32R (N200HM), Topping, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N200HM (2)

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

- [Incident 20040204001129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040204001129I), Feb 4, 2004: Piper PA32R300 (N200HM), Fairbanks, AK. (-23) Aircraft was on final, when a circuit breaker controlling the fuel pump popped creating a puff of smoke. It was reported to tower whom then initiated an…
- [Accident 19771211039819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771211039819A), Dec 11, 1977: Piper PA32R300 (N200HM), Buckhannon, WV, Substantial damage

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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