# Accident 19770515010659A: Piper J5A80, Hattiesburg, MS, May 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1977
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.3271° N, 89.2903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hattiesburg, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3271&lon=-89.2903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30947 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 351 total, 218 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKQ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKQ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770515010659A

## 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 MIA77FKQ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKQ13), May 15, 1977: Piper J5A (N30947), Hattiesburg, MS, 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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