# Accident 19770708029269A: Piper PA28R180, Hingham, MA, July 8, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1977
- Place: Hingham, MA
- Airport: Nas S Weymouth
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.2331° N, 70.8895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hingham, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2331&lon=-70.8895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5275S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5275S-1977-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 26 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770708029269A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED DRG 3RD GCA.

## 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 NYC77FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA070), Jul 8, 1977: Piper PA-28R (N5275S), Hingham, MA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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