# Accident 19770804023849A: Piper PA22108, Silver City, NM, August 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1977
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Turner Rigdeport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4779Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4779Z-1981-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 495 total, 495 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DQD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DQD23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770804023849A

## Narrative

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

GUSTS 15 KTS.

## 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 DEN77DQD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DQD23), Aug 4, 1977: Piper PA-22 (N4779Z), Silver City, NM, 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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