# Accident 19760801025829A: Piper PA32260, Vacaville, CA, August 1, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1976
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3223W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3223W) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 728 total, 399 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76FVG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVG96) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760801025829A

## Narrative

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

FOUND WHITE SUBSTANCE.

## 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 OAK76FVG96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76FVG96), Aug 1, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N3223W), Vacaville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3223W (1)

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

- [Accident 19800307006089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800307006089A), Mar 7, 1980: Piper PA32260 (N3223W), Loyal, OK, Substantial damage. Engine ran rough on student cross country. Landed in a wheat field. Found broken exhaust valve.

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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