# Accident 19760825027229A: Piper PA36285, Roby, TX, August 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1976
- Place: Roby, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.7460° N, 100.3794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roby, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7460&lon=-100.3794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57569, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57569-1982-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,617 total, 58 in this make and model, 524 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FQH02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQH02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760825027229A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO ROTATE MAGNETO BY HAND.POINTS BARELY OPENED.

## 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 FTW76FQH02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FQH02), Aug 25, 1976: Piper PA-36 (N57569), Roby, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57569 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780728023799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728023799A), Jul 28, 1978: Piper PA36285 (N57569), Casa Grande,Az, AZ, Destroyed. Anti-snag deflector p-n 98341-00.

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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