# Accident 19760612040699A: Piper PA32260, Charlevoix, MI, June 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1976
- Place: Charlevoix, MI
- Airport: Charlevoix Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 45.3049° N, 85.2753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLEVOIX MUNI (CVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3049&lon=-85.2753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55573, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55573-1977-07-08) (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: 5,420 total, 64 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760612040699A

## Narrative

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

PLT SELECTED WRONG TANK

## 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 CHI76AC069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC069), Jun 12, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N55573), Charlevoix, MI, destroyed

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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