# Accident 19770119001029A: Piper PA32260, Elyria, OH, January 19, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1977
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5542J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5542J-1977-07-08) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,117 total, 286 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEI10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770119001029A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER DPTR AND RETURNED TO DPTR POINT

## 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 CHI77FEI10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI10), Jan 19, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N5542J), Elyria, OH, substantial damage

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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