# Accident 19770407007119A: Piper PA28140, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1977
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9538W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9538W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total, 144 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DKJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770407007119A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MIA77DKJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ27), Apr 7, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N9538W), Tuscaloosa, AL, minor 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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