# Accident 19770315010179A: Piper PA32300, Charleston, SC, March 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1977
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charleston International Airport (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8962&lon=-80.0382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43216, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43216-2012-09-11) (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: 601 total, 508 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770315010179A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING 18K

## 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 MIA77FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA046), Mar 15, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N43216), Charleston, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N43216 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760926031579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760926031579A), Sep 26, 1976: Piper PA32300 (N43216), Indiana, PA, Substantial damage. Localizer only approach,landed long,hydroplaned off end of runway,landing gear torn off.

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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