# Accident 19770201001509A: Piper PA23250, Louisville, KY, February 1, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1977
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4651P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FLQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FLQ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770201001509A

## Narrative

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

SNOW BANK ON END OF RUNWAY

## 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 IAD77FLQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FLQ06), Feb 1, 1977: Piper PA-23 (N4651P), Louisville, KY, substantial damage

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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