# Accident 19770430012079A: Piper PA32300, Englewood, CO, April 30, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1977
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32282 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 33 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770430012079A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS OBSERVED ACFT OVERSHOOT TURN TO FINAL THEN TIGHTEN TURN TO COMPENSATE.

## 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 DEN77FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA037), Apr 30, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N32282), Englewood, CO, 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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