# Accident 19780503009099A: Piper PA32RT300, Sarasota, FL, May 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1978
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5571J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5571J) (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 PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 296 total, 103 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLD40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780503009099A

## Narrative

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

THROTTLE LEVEL,P/N 12-A-150,SEPARATED FROM SHAFT & STOP ASSEMBLY,13-1132.

## 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 MIA78FLD40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLD40), May 3, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N5571J), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5571J (1)

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

- [Accident 19730311010559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730311010559A), Mar 11, 1973: Piper PA32260 (N5571J), Windermere, FL, Substantial damage. Fuel ex l tank,plt delayed switch to r tank until on apch and over trees. Didnt use elec fuel pump.

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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