# Accident 19770621019519A: Piper 600SMITH, South Hill, VA, June 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1977
- Place: South Hill, VA
- Airport: South Hill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 36.7257° N, 78.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Hill, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7257&lon=-78.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97CC-2000-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 600SMITH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,445 total, 511 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FID21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FID21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770621019519A

## 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 IAD77FID21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FID21), Jun 21, 1977: Aerostar 600 (N97CC), South Hill, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N97CC (1)

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

- [Accident 19991121041129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991121041129A), Nov 21, 1999: Piper PA60600 (N97CC), Avalon, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The a/c departed fullerton, CA airport, was conducting "airwork" off the coast south of seal beach, CA. At 1015 PDT radar and radio contact was lost when…

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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