# Accident 19770804024539A: Piper PA16, Douglas, WY, August 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1977
- Place: Douglas, WY
- Airport: Converse County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 42.7972° N, 105.3858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CONVERSE COUNTY (DGW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7972&lon=-105.3858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5639H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5639H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 45 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FTC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTC23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770804024539A

## Narrative

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

RAVINE WEATHER WAS NOT CHECKED VISIBILITY POOR

## 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 DEN77FTC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTC23), Aug 4, 1977: Piper PA16 (N5639H), Douglas, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5639H (1)

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

- [Accident 20001206022959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001206022959A), Dec 6, 2000: Piper PA16 (N5639H), Glenedon, OR, No damage. (-23) On 12-06-00, pilot michael d. murphy landed N5639H, a PA-16 aircraft at gleneden beach airport (S45), and applied brake too hard and flipped over onto…

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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