# Accident 19780813035639A: Piper PA32RT300, August 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1978
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Aircraft: N3875W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3875W-1988-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 47 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK78X0131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780813035639A

## 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 UNK78X0131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0131), Aug 13, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N3875W), Congotown, Burkina Faso, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3875W (1)

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

- [Accident 19730526016849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730526016849A), May 26, 1973: Piper PA32260 (N3875W), Oviedo, FL, Substantial damage. Aftr l/o it appeared to OBS that plt relaxed back pres,acft dscndd. Acft stopped in marsh area.

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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