# Accident 19770506013599A: Piper PA32RT300, Bigtrails, WY, May 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1977
- Place: Bigtrails, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: N4948F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4948F-1977-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 0 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770506013599A

## Narrative

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

DARK NIGHT,SURROUNDING AREA UNINHABITED.

## 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 DEN77FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA041), May 6, 1977: Piper PA-34 (N4948F), Bigtrails, WY, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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