# Accident 19770330006929A: Piper PA28180, Duanesburg, NY, March 30, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1977
- Place: Duanesburg, NY
- Airport: Duanesburg
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 42.7599° N, 74.1346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUANESBURG (4B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7599&lon=-74.1346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8242W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8242W-1977-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,115 total, 78 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FFA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FFA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770330006929A

## Narrative

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

PIC ATTEMPTED THREE TAKEOFFS.SETTLED INTO TREES AFTR THIRD TKOF.

## 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 NYC77FFA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FFA18), Mar 30, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N8242W), Duanesburg, NY, destroyed

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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