# Accident 19751210042779A: Piper 600SMITH, Mansfield, OH, December 10, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1975
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12PB-1976-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 600SMITH
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,610 total, 392 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751210042779A

## Narrative

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

RUBBER DIAPHRAGM RUPTURED,ENG FLOODED LOW APCH DUE WRONG VIS CUES-UPSLOPING RWY.SPUN DRG TURN.

## 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 CHI76AC039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC039), Dec 10, 1975: Aerostar TS600 (N12PB), Mansfield, OH, 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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