# Accident 19770704022689A: Piper PA24260, Hite, UT, July 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1977
- Place: Hite, UT
- Airport: Hite
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.8917° N, 110.3840° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HITE (UT03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8917&lon=-110.3840&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9447P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9447P-2011-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,067 total, 702 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DTM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTM22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770704022689A

## Narrative

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

GUSTS TO 20KTS. GRADIENT MAKES ARPT ONE WAY-OPN.

## 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 DEN77DTM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTM22), Jul 4, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N9447P), Hite, UT, substantial damage

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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