# Accident 19770413009429A: Piper PA22, Angola, NY, April 13, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1977
- Place: Angola, NY
- Airport: Angola
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 42.6379° N, 79.0295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angola, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6379&lon=-79.0295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8637C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8637C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,515 total, 36 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FFJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FFJ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770413009429A

## Narrative

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

LNDD ON ROUGH SURFACE OF ARPT.

## 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 NYC77FFJ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FFJ16), Apr 13, 1977: Piper PA-22 (N8637C), Angola, 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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