# Accident 19770704016439A: Piper PA28140, Billings, MT, July 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1977
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9875W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9875W-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 200 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FTA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770704016439A

## Narrative

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

MAKING APCH TO FARM.DUCKED UNDER WIRES AT 30FT AGL,STRUCK FENCEPOSTS.

## 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 SEA77FTA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTA26), Jul 4, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N9875W), Billings, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9875W (2)

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

- [Accident 19780714018719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780714018719A), Jul 14, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N9875W), Augusta, MT, Destroyed. Nr max gross wt. Density alt 7500FT. Tkof upslope into rising ter. Settled in trees.
- [Accident 19730519016819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519016819A), May 19, 1973: Piper PA28R200 (N9875W), Longmont, CO, Substantial damage. Hit sign post.

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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