# Accident 19770613025119A: Piper PA16, Valdosta, GA, June 13, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1977
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Airport: Valdosta Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.7815° N, 83.2760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALDOSTA RGNL (VLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7815&lon=-83.2760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5827H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5827H-1977-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 0 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770613025119A

## 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 MIA77FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA061), Jun 13, 1977: Piper PA-16 (N5827H), Valdosta, GA, 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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