# Accident 19770224012729A: Piper PA24400, Elko, NV, February 24, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1977
- Place: Elko, NV
- Airport: Elko
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.8250° N, 115.7913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELKO RGNL (EKO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8250&lon=-115.7913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8478P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8478P-1977-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770224012729A

## Narrative

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

GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.

## 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 OAK77FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA021), Feb 24, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N8478P), Elko, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N8478P (1)

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

- [Accident 19750520013079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750520013079A), May 20, 1975: Piper PA24400 (N8478P), OR, 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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