# Accident 19760118000809A: Piper PA32260, Mount Vernon, MO, January 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1976
- Place: Mount Vernon, MO
- Airport: Mount Vernon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 37.0684° N, 93.8849° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT VERNON MUNI (2MO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0684&lon=-93.8849&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555DH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 62 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DCG45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCG45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760118000809A

## Narrative

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

PAX IN R SEAT PLT QUALIFIED.

## 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 MKC76DCG45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCG45), Jan 18, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N555DH), Mount Vernon, MO, 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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