# Accident 19760209003399A: Piper PA32300, Bath Alum, VA, February 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1976
- Place: Bath Alum, VA
- Airport: Big Piney
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 38.0487° N, 79.7187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bath Alum, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0487&lon=-79.7187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33486 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,940 total, 173 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DID22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760209003399A

## Narrative

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

T/D ABT MIDFIELD,BRAKING HAD LITTLE OR NO EFFECT.CLRD FIRST FENCE STRUCK OTR ABT 3FT HIGHER.

## 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 IAD76DID22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID22), Feb 9, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N33486), Bath Alum, VA, 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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