# Accident 19770704020499A: Piper PA28140, Beaver, UT, July 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1977
- Place: Beaver, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 38.2759° N, 112.6381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2759&lon=-112.6381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N490FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N490FL-1977-09-16) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,049 total, 1,049 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FTM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770704020499A

## Narrative

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

TRAPPED IN CANYON,ELECTED TO CRASH LAND.DENS ALT ABT 10500FT.

## 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 DEN77FTM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTM21), Jul 4, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N490FL), Beaver, UT, destroyed

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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