# Accident 19761111038449A: Piper PA32260, Plainville, IN, November 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1976
- Place: Plainville, IN
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.8048° N, 87.1515° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8048&lon=-87.1515&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3533W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3533W-1976-12-10) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 234 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761111038449A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI77FEA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEA03), Nov 11, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N3533W), Plainville, IN, 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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