# Accident 19771107038799A: Piper PA32260, Emmitsburg, MD, November 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1977
- Place: Emmitsburg, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.7052° N, 77.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emmitsburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7052&lon=-77.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3347W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3347W-1978-03-29) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,434 total, 0 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771107038799A

## Narrative

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

MTN PEAKS OBSCURED BY FOG.

## 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 IAD78FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA011), Nov 7, 1977: Piper PA-32 (N3347W), Emmitsburg, MD, 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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