# Accident 19770415009499A: Piper PA34200T, Presque Isle, ME, April 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1977
- Place: Presque Isle, ME
- Airport: Northern Maine
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 46.6812° N, 68.0159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Presque Isle, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6812&lon=-68.0159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33723 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,242 total, 90 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77DNC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77DNC27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770415009499A

## Narrative

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

TAXIWAY HAD 5DEG DOWNSLOPE & PATCH OF ICE.ACFT SLID ON ICE TO DRY TAXIWAY.

## 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 NYC77DNC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77DNC27), Apr 15, 1977: Piper PA-34 (N33723), Presque Isle, ME, 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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