# Accident 19770330007759A: Hwksly DH1142X, New York, NY, March 30, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1977
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: Laguardia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6VM-1988-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH-114 (registry code 2800506, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HWKSLY DH1142X
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 680 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77DHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77DHD11-201384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770330007759A

## Narrative

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

GEAR NOT FULLY CYCLED PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN.

## 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 NYC77DHD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77DHD11-201384), Mar 30, 1977: Dehavilland DH-114 (N6VM), New York, NY, 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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