# Accident 19770522012609A: Piper PA24250, Spokane, WA, May 22, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1977
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6487P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6487P-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 586 total, 36 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FYP25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYP25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770522012609A

## 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 SEA77FYP25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYP25), May 22, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N6487P), Spokane, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6487P (2)

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

- [Accident 19880105001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880105001259A), Jan 5, 1988: Piper PA24250 (N6487P), Salem, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Engine threw a connecting rod on departure from airport. Aircraft hit a tree. Crashed trying to return to airport.
- [Incident 19860711058679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711058679I), Jul 11, 1986: Piper PA24250 (N6487P), Hickman, KY, Minor damage. Forced landing after power loss. Found rod cap had come off.

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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