# Accident 19770807026169A: Smith 601PSMITH, Plainview, TX, August 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1977
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.1681° N, 101.7173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALE COUNTY (PVW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1681&lon=-101.7173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90400 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SMITH 601PSMITH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 41 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FQG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQG46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770807026169A

## Narrative

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

FUSELAGE & LT WING TANKS FOUND EMPTY. SUBSTANTIAL FUEL FOUND IN RT WING TANK.

## 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 FTW77FQG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQG46), Aug 7, 1977: Aerostar 601P (N90400), Plainview, TX, 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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