# Accident 19770424008959A: Piper PA28140, Ft Leavenworth, KS, April 24, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1977
- Place: Ft Leavenworth, KS
- Airport: Sherman Field Aaf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 39.3676° N, 94.9143° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHERMAN AAF (FLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3676&lon=-94.9143&mi=10
- Aircraft: N562FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N562FL-1977-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 30 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DCG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770424008959A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER RECONGNIZNG ENG MALF.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.

## 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 MKC77DCG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCG19), Apr 24, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N562FL), Ft Leavenworth, KS, destroyed

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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