# Accident 19770909028512A: Piper PA25235, Charlotte, TX, September 9, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1977
- Place: Charlotte, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 28.8593° N, 98.7006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8593&lon=-98.7006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4391Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4391Y-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FRG68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRG68) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770909028512A

## Narrative

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

3 ACFT ON SAME JOB.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8835L, Piper PA25260: [Accident 19770909028511A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770909028511A)

## 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 FTW77FRG68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRG68), Sep 9, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N4391Y), Charlotte, TX, destroyed

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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