# Accident 19770417008679A: Piper PA12, Elizabeth City, NC, April 17, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1977
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Z
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.2942° N, 76.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabeth City, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2942&lon=-76.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21M-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 304 total, 194 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DLJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DLJ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770417008679A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD77DLJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DLJ13), Apr 17, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N21M), Elizabeth City, NC, 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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