# Accident 19770401007799A: Piper PA24260, Window Rock, AZ, April 1, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1977
- Place: Window Rock, AZ
- Airport: Window Rock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.6521° N, 109.0674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDOW ROCK (RQE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6521&lon=-109.0674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9094P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9094P-1985-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,240 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUJ41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770401007799A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING 30K.

## 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 LAX77DUJ41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ41), Apr 1, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N9094P), Window Rock, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9094P (1)

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

- [Accident 19831128059139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831128059139A), Nov 28, 1983: Piper PA24260 (N9094P), Kathleen, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Continued flight into area of thunderstorms. Lost control. Exceeded design load factors. Airframe failure occurred.

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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