# Accident 19770806024719A: Piper PA28235, St.Regis, MT, August 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1977
- Place: St.Regis, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 47.3049° N, 115.1039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Regis, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3049&lon=-115.1039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9115W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9115W-1977-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 728 total, 515 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FTI17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTI17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770806024719A

## Narrative

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

TALKING TO PSGR.ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT TOWARD RISING TERRAIN.UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB TERRAIN.

## 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 SEA77FTI17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTI17), Aug 6, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N9115W), St.Regis, MT, destroyed

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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