# Accident 19760407009259A: Piper PA32260, Dalton, GA, April 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1976
- Place: Dalton, GA
- Airport: Dalton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 34.7229° N, 84.8702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALTON MUNI (DNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7229&lon=-84.8702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41481, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41481-2013-11-12) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 894 total, 894 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760407009259A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA76FKG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG53), Apr 7, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N41481), Dalton, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N41481 (2)

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

- [Accident 19950607018119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950607018119A), Jun 7, 1995: Piper PA32260 (N41481), Gainesville, FL, Destroyed, 6 fatal. Crashed in swamp trying to land at night in MVFR. Factors VFR. Pilot IFR at night and ATC failed give pilot weather
- [Accident 19740923029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740923029939A), Sep 23, 1974: Piper PA32260 (N41481), Tarrant City, AL, Substantial damage. Crossed ditch cont onto a public street.

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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