# Accident 19760304004469A: Piper PA32260, Lansing, MI, March 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1976
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3969W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3969W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,768 total, 1,099 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEM33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760304004469A

## Narrative

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

LOC APCH RWY27.BROKE OUT OF CLOUDS MIDFIELD,T/D HALFWAY FRM INT OF RWYS 24 & 9.

## 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 CHI76FEM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEM33), Mar 4, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N3969W), Lansing, MI, 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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