# Accident 19770324032219A: Piper PA32300, Lilburn, GA, March 24, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1977
- Place: Lilburn, GA
- Airport: Stone Mountain
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.8109° N, 84.1188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stone Mountain, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8109&lon=-84.1188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5256S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5256S-1977-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,996 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770324032219A

## Narrative

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

LT MAG IMPULSE COUPLING FLYWEIGHT VERY LOOSE.STRUCK & BROKE STOP PIN. CRANKSHAFT GEAR SEPARATED

## 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 MIA77FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA047), Mar 24, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N5256S), Lilburn, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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