# Accident 19770805021619A: Piper PA32260, Colorado Spgs, CO, August 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1977
- Place: Colorado Spgs, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4864S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4864S-2009-12-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,395 total, 32 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770805021619A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN77FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA056), Aug 5, 1977: Piper PA-32T (N4864S), Colorado Spgs, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4864S (1)

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

- [Accident 20090924050829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090924050829A), Sep 24, 2009: Piper PA-32-260 (N4864S), Troy, MI, Destroyed. Aircraft departed runway 09. Shortly after rotation engine failed due to apparent fuel starvation. Aircraft landed in a walmart parking lot adjacent to…

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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