# Accident 19770613023109A: Piper PA32260, Raleigh, NC, June 13, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1977
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Raleigh Durham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33373, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33373-1981-09-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 30 in this make and model, 231 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770613023109A

## Narrative

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

FUEL SELECTOR FOUND IN LEFT TIP TANK POSITION,TANK EMPTY.

## 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 IAD77FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA045), Jun 13, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N33373), Raleigh, NC, destroyed

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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