# Incident 19780310014709I: Piper PA32260, St Louis, MO, March 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1978, 19:06 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3999W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3999W-2013-09-23) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 508 total, 3 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780310014709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT INTO SNOWBANK AFTER LIFTOFF. THE DAMAGED MAIN COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N3999W (1)

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

- [Accident 19890907033979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890907033979A), Sep 7, 1989: Piper PA32260 (N3999W), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Tight, low altitude turns over friends boat at low speed resulted in stall and impact with lake.

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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