# Accident 19770508011059A: Piper PA24400, Sterling City, TX, May 8, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1977
- Place: Sterling City, TX
- Airport: O'Banion
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 31.8392° N, 100.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8392&lon=-100.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8481P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8481P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,119 total, 900 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FQG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQG35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770508011059A

## 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 FTW77FQG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQG35), May 8, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N8481P), Sterling City, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8481P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19811121081599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811121081599I), Nov 21, 1981: Piper PA24400 (N8481P), Paris, TX, Minor damage. Za elected to land at nearest airport due to weather. Failed to extend gear. Landed gear up. Gear horn inoperative.

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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