# Accident 19771011036499A: Piper J3C65, Terrell, TX, October 11, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1977
- Place: Terrell, TX
- Airport: Wallace
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.7360° N, 96.2753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terrell, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7360&lon=-96.2753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42321, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42321-1978-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J-3 (registry code 7100502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771011036499A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED FLD IMMEDIATELY AFT TKOF.AVOIDED PWR LINES.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.255 .

## 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 FTW78FPA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA02), Oct 11, 1977: Piper J3C-65 (N42321), Terrell, TX, destroyed, 2 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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