# Accident 19770807022489A: Piper PA36285, Darlington, SC, August 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1977
- Place: Darlington, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.3012° N, 79.8672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Darlington, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3012&lon=-79.8672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59655, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59655-1988-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,231 total, 131 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FLG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770807022489A

## 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 MIA77FLG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FLG27), Aug 7, 1977: Piper PA-36 (N59655), Darlington, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N59655 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800710060419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800710060419I), Jul 10, 1980: Piper PA36285 (N59655), Harlingen, TX, Minor damage. Pilot struck a canal ditch with one wheel while spraying, wheel broke off. Landed on grass without further 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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