# Accident 19770528014649A: Piper PA32R300, Death Valley Ca, CA, May 28, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1977
- Place: Death Valley Ca, CA
- Airport: Amargosa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 36.2958° N, 116.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Amargosa Airport (70CL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2958&lon=-116.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4488F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 21 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DVW18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVW18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770528014649A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 OAK77DVW18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVW18), May 28, 1977: Piper PA-32R (N4488F), Death Valley, CA, 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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