# Accident 19770909028009A: Piper PA28235, Indianola, IA, September 9, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1977
- Place: Indianola, IA
- Airport: Indianola Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.3685° N, 93.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANOLA (IA71), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3685&lon=-93.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N453 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 302 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DCD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCD46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770909028009A

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY HAS A DIP THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY HEADING. WIND GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS.

## 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 MKC77DCD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DCD46), Sep 9, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N453), Indianola, IA, 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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