# Accident 19770925035839A: Piper PA28140, Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1977
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Speedway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Location: 39.7994° N, 86.3563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Speedway Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7994&lon=-86.3563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3883K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3883K-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 175 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEX51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770925035839A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED IN FRONT OF LANDING ACFT.

## 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 CHI77FEX51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX51), Sep 25, 1977: Piper PA28 (N3883K), Indianapolis, IN, 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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