# Accident 19760123001269A: Piper PA32260, Wilmington, VT, January 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1976
- Place: Wilmington, VT
- Airport: Mount Snow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.8693° N, 72.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8693&lon=-72.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5594J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5594J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE (registry code 41531, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540f1-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,926 total, 611 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760123001269A

## Narrative

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

ARPT NOTAMED CLOSED.

## 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 NYC76AN070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN070), Jan 23, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N5594J), Wilmington, VT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5594J (1)

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

- [Incident 19880226020879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880226020879I), Feb 26, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N5594J), Lawrence, MA. Selected highway for a simulated power failure landing. Descended to about 25 feet above road. Cars left highway.

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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