# Accident 19771001031939A: Piper PA24, Rapid City, SD, October 1, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1977
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5175P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5175P-1983-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,075 total, 200 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771001031939A

## 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 MKC78FTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK01), Oct 1, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N5175P), Rapid City, SD, 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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