# Accident 19770512015349A: Piper PA25260, Benton, KS, May 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1977
- Place: Benton, KS
- Airport: Benton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 37.7885° N, 97.1087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7885&lon=-97.1087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9783P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,878 total, 55 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FCQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FCQ34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770512015349A

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED ENG ROUGHNESS,REDUCED PWR,STALLED.

## 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 MKC77FCQ34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FCQ34), May 12, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N9783P), Benton, KS, 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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