# Accident 19770806041789A: Piper PA28R, De Witt, IL, August 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1977
- Place: De Witt, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.1846° N, 88.7853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of De Witt, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1846&lon=-88.7853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3009Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3009Q-1978-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770806041789A

## 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 CHI77FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA064), Aug 6, 1977: Piper PA-28R (N3009Q), De Witt, IL, destroyed, 4 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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