# Accident 19760106000389A: Piper PA32260, Charlotte, NC, January 6, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1976
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4758S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4758S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FKM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760106000389A

## Narrative

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

PLT PULLED PROP THRU BY HAND. BROKEN PRIMARY WIRE TERMINAL, L MAG HOT.

## 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 IAD76FKM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FKM24), Jan 6, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N4758S), Charlotte, NC, no 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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