# Accident 19770318005259A: Piper PA23160, Gallipolis, OH, March 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1977
- Place: Gallipolis, OH
- Airport: Gallia-Meigs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.8341° N, 82.1634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GALLIA-MEIGS RGNL (GAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8341&lon=-82.1634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4031P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4031P-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-180 (registry code 7102305, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 48 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77DEG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770318005259A

## Narrative

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

DITCH BY SIDE OF RWY.

## 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 CHI77DEG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77DEG11), Mar 18, 1977: Piper PA-23 (N4031P), Gallipolis, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4031P (1)

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

- [Accident 19790118029629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790118029629A), Jan 18, 1979: Piper PA23 (N4031P), Scottown, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Left eng shut dwn due to loss of oil from a cracked oil line. Pilot attempted restart. Allowed acft to stall & spin

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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