# Accident 19760918033629A: Piper PA32260, Oak Ridge, LA, September 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1976
- Place: Oak Ridge, LA
- Airport: Oak Ridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 32.6244° N, 91.7731° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oak Ridge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6244&lon=-91.7731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3918W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3918W-1976-10-14) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 663 total, 200 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760918033629A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREE 1/4 MI TO L & ABT 3000FT DWN RWY DRG GO ARND DUE FOG.

## 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 FTW76AF123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF123), Sep 18, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N3918W), Oak Ridge, LA, destroyed, 4 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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