# Accident 19770903037779A: Piper PA28180, Eagle Butte, SD, September 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1977
- Place: Eagle Butte, SD
- Airport: Eagle Butte
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.9948° N, 101.2318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagle Butte, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9948&lon=-101.2318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7731W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7731W-1978-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 322 total, 250 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770903037779A

## 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 MKC77FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA037), Sep 3, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N7731W), Eagle Butte, SD, destroyed, 3 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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