# Accident 19760522016209A: Piper PA32300, Snoqualamie Ps, WA, May 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1976
- Place: Snoqualamie Ps, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N55033, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55033-1976-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,326 total, 60 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760522016209A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE. WEA BRIEF 2 HRS BFOR DEP,PLT DIDNT UPDATE.

## 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 SEA76AS050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS050), May 22, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N55033), Snoqualamie Ps, WA, destroyed, 6 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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