# Accident 19770320005719A: Piper PA32260, Needles, CA, March 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1977
- Place: Needles, CA
- Airport: Willow Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 34.8136° N, 114.6266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Needles, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8136&lon=-114.6266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3595W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3595W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 55 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUG35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770320005719A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED LDG & LEFT LDG GEAR HIT ROCK. PILOT FLEW TO NEEDLES FOR LDG.

## 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 LAX77DUG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUG35), Mar 20, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N3595W), Needles, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3595W (1)

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

- [Accident 20201011018349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201011018349A), Oct 11, 2020: Piper PA-32-260 (N3595W), Decatur, GA, Substantial damage. On October 11, 2020, at approximately 07:30 a.m. eastern daylight time, a 1996 Piper aircraft, model PA-32-260, with registration N3595W, sustained substantial…

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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