# Accident 19760219032339A: Piper PA32260, Waco, TX, February 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1976
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Madison Cooper
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 31.5493° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5493&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7721J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7721J-1976-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,951 total, 502 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760219032339A

## Narrative

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

PLT DIDNT DRAIN TNKS AFTR FUEL PUT IN WNG TIP TNKS WHICH HAD BEEN EMPTY FOR PERIOD OF TIME

## 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 FTW76AF066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF066), Feb 19, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N7721J), Waco, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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