# Accident 19771014043089A: Piper PA28140, Brunswick, FL, October 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1977
- Place: Brunswick, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Aircraft: N8097N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8097N-1978-03-10) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA005-144216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771014043089A

## Narrative

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

PLT LOST CONTROL WHILE EXECUTING STEEP TURNS AT NEAR TREETOP LEVEL. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .179 .

## 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 MIA77FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA005-144216), Oct 14, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N8097N), Brunswick, GA, 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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