# Accident 19761204039999A: Piper PA32260, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, December 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1976
- Place: Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Puerto Rico International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 18.4480° N, 66.0166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Isla Verde, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4480&lon=-66.0166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3334W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3334W-1977-02-24) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 669 total, 117 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DKA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761204039999A

## 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 MIA77DKA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKA03), Dec 4, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N3334W), Isla Verde, PR, 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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