# Accident 19770526023049A: Piper PA34200, Bridgeport, WV, May 26, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1977
- Place: Bridgeport, WV
- Airport: Benedum
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.3030° N, 80.2432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3030&lon=-80.2432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1153H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1153H-1977-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,171 total, 116 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770526023049A

## Narrative

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

NO.3 MAIN BEARING JOURNAL.

## 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 IAD77FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA041), May 26, 1977: Piper PA-34 (N1153H), Bridgeport, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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