# Accident 19770101000169A: Piper PA24250, Gadsden, AL, January 1, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1977
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Airport: Gadsden Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.0143° N, 86.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gadsden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0143&lon=-86.0066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7507P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7507P-1998-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,011 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DKJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770101000169A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR ACTUATING ROD BKN.

## 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 MIA77DKJ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ11), Jan 1, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N7507P), Gadsden, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7507P (2)

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

- [Accident 19930902032899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930902032899A), Sep 2, 1993: Piper PA24250 (N7507P), Caribou, ME, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Force landed in field. Right tank empty all other full. Engine ran normal pro accident.
- [Accident 19740824038099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740824038099A), Aug 24, 1974: Piper PA24250 (N7507P), Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. Aftr resetting circuit breaker ldg gr operated nmly.

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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