# Accident 19770226003899A: Piper PA24250, Hawthorne, NV, February 26, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1977
- Place: Hawthorne, NV
- Airport: Hawthorne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 38.5253° N, 118.6260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5253&lon=-118.6260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7506P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7506P-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 541 total, 132 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DXQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DXQ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770226003899A

## Narrative

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

NUMBER 3 CONNECTING ROD FAILED OVER AIRORT AT APPROX 2700FT.

## 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 OAK77DXQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DXQ08), Feb 26, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N7506P), Hawthorne, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7506P (1)

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

- [Accident 19740903030359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740903030359A), Sep 3, 1974: Piper PA24250 (N7506P), Coalinga, CA, 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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