# Accident 19770621017649A: Piper PA23250, Charleston, SC, June 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1977
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charleston International Airport (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8962&lon=-80.0382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444VM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444VM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,231 total, 146 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770621017649A

## 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 MIA77FLG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG19), Jun 21, 1977: Piper PA-23 (N444VM), Charleston, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N444VM (1)

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

- [Incident 19831003066309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831003066309I), Oct 3, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N444VM), Laplata, MD, Minor damage. Landed long on runway. Applied heavy braking. Veered left off runway. Nose gear collapsed.

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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