# Incident 19790217006379I: Piper PA32260, Caro, MI, February 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Caro, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4893° N, 83.4017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Caro, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4893&lon=-83.4017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3325W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3325W) (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: 250 total, 6 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/19790217006379I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SNOWBANK WITH WINGTIP AFTER RETURNING WITH ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3325W (1)

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

- [Incident 19990921031619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990921031619I), Sep 21, 1999: Piper PA32260 (N3325W), Denton, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On September 18, 1999, N3325W, a Piper PA-32-260, landed at the Denton airport, Texas, when the nose gear collapsed. Upon takeoff from the kerrville…

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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