# Accident 19770808021679A: Piper PA28140, Lead Hill, AR, August 8, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1977
- Place: Lead Hill, AR
- Airport: Diamond City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 36.4136° N, 92.9072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lead Hill, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4136&lon=-92.9072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4420X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4420X-2004-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 472 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DPG74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPG74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770808021679A

## Narrative

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

DA 4000FT.UNABLE TO CLR TREES AT END OF RWY.

## 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 FTW77DPG74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPG74), Aug 8, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N4420X), Lead Hill, AR, destroyed

## Other reports on N4420X (2)

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

- [Incident 19891130062419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891130062419I), Nov 30, 1989: Piper PA28140 (N4420X), Westhampton Bea, NY, Minor damage. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing. Veered off runway.
- [Accident 19810204002689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810204002689A), Feb 4, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N4420X), Macon, MO, Substantial damage. Landing gear struck snowbank on edge of runway threshold during landing approach.

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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