# Accident 19770820035739A: Piper PA28180, Los Banos, CA, August 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1977
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8474F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8474F-1978-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 6 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770820035739A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING AND STABILATORS SEPARATED.

## 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 OAK77FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77FA049), Aug 20, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N8474F), Los Banos, CA, 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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