# Accident 19751230038579A: Piper PA32300, Saint Elmo, CO, December 30, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1975
- Place: Saint Elmo, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.7047° N, 106.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Elmo, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7047&lon=-106.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4291T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4291T-1976-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 293 total, 293 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FTE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751230038579A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 12/31/75. HIT MTN RIDGE.

## 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 DEN76FTE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE45), Dec 30, 1975: Piper PA-32 (N4291T), Saint Elmo, CO, 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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