# Accident 19761215040129A: Piper PA32300, Lake Placid, FL, December 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1976
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Airport: Lake Placid
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 27.3026° N, 81.3715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Placid, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3026&lon=-81.3715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32038, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32038-2013-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLD19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761215040129A

## 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 MIA77FLD19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLD19), Dec 15, 1976: Piper PA-32 (N32038), Lake Placid, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N32038 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030508010489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030508010489A), May 8, 2003: Piper PA32300 (N32038), Calhoon, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On may 8, 2003, at 2020 eastern daylight time, the wreckage of a missing Piper PA-32-300, N32038, registered to and operated by a commercial pilot was…

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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