# Accident 19771016034909A: Piper PA25260, Denver City, TX, October 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1977
- Place: Denver City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.9679° N, 102.8322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9679&lon=-102.8322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9568P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9568P-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total, 946 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DQG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771016034909A

## 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 FTW78DQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DQG04), Oct 16, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N9568P), Denver City, TX, destroyed

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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