# Accident 19770727023269A: Piper PA25235, Brownfield, TX, July 27, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1977
- Place: Brownfield, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.1755° N, 102.2734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brownfield, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1755&lon=-102.2734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8739L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8739L-1997-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 60 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DQG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQG43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770727023269A

## 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 FTW77DQG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DQG43), Jul 27, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N8739L), Brownfield, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8739L (1)

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

- [Accident 19940315005479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940315005479A), Mar 15, 1994: Piper PA25235 (N8739L), Lamesa, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control on downwind turn from spray run. Stalled. Blamed wind gust.

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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