# Accident 19770425011499A: Piper PA12, Ridgway, CO, April 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1977
- Place: Ridgway, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.1572° N, 107.7546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ridgway, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1572&lon=-107.7546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7729H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7729H-1977-08-03) (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: 2,175 total, 11 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FTE35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTE35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770425011499A

## Narrative

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

DA 10000FT. PIC PRESENTED HIMSELF AS FLT INSTRUCTOR. NO RECORD OF CFI FOUND.

## 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 DEN77FTE35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTE35), Apr 25, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N7729H), Ridgway, CO, 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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