# Accident 19760129002049A: Piper PA32300, Sugar Grove, IL, January 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1976
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8955N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8955N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 721 total, 5 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEE40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEE40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760129002049A

## Narrative

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

FOUR FT SNOWBANK,RESULT OF INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL ON SURFACE OF RWY 40FT FRM THRESHOLD.

## 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 CHI76FEE40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEE40), Jan 29, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N8955N), Sugar Grove, IL, 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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