# Accident 19770517012399A: Piper PA28140, Post Mills, VT, May 17, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1977
- Place: Post Mills, VT
- Airport: Post Mills
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 43.8837° N, 72.2521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POST MILLS (2B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8837&lon=-72.2521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9781W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9781W-1977-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 83 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FNC30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FNC30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770517012399A

## Narrative

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

AIRPORT OPERATOR STATED GO-AROUND ATTEMPTED 1600FT DOWN 2300FT RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC77FNC30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FNC30), May 17, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N9781W), Post Mills, VT, 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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