Piper PA-32-260 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 18, 2026
There are 1,293 Piper PA-32-260 airframes on record (built 1964–1978), 649 currently registered. 74 have one or more NTSB accident records (75 records total, 21 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 18, 2026.
Recent Piper PA-32-260 accidents
Maintenance personnel’s failure to ensure that the throttle cable was properly secured to the carburetor, which resulted an inflight separation of the throttle cable and the pilots’ inability to control the engine.
The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
The pilot’s improper landing flare and hard landing.
The pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an encounter with turbulence and structural icing conditions, loss of control, and subsequent impact with terrain.
The pilot's inadvertent retraction of the flaps while landing which resulted in a hard landing and loss of directional control.