# Accident 19770914036339A: Piper PA28180, Ashford, WV, September 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1977
- Place: Ashford, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.1793° N, 81.7110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashford, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1793&lon=-81.7110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9483J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9483J-1978-01-24) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 161 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770914036339A

## Narrative

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

ACFT MISSING FOR 2 MONTHS

## 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 IAD78FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA012), Sep 14, 1977: Piper PA28 (N9483J), Ashford, WV, 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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