# Accident 19770912028609A: Piper PA25260, Coyanosa, TX, September 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1977
- Place: Coyanosa, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.2410° N, 103.0648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coyanosa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2410&lon=-103.0648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4775Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4775Y-1977-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,800 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FQD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770912028609A

## 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 FTW77FQD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FQD28), Sep 12, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N4775Y), Coyanosa, TX, destroyed, 1 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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