# Accident 19771019030299A: Piper PA36285, New Deal, TX, October 19, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1977
- Place: New Deal, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.7309° N, 101.8438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Deal, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7309&lon=-101.8438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9920P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9920P-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,409 total, 36 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FQG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771019030299A

## Narrative

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

HIT GUY WIRE FLYING UNDER PWR LINE.

## 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 FTW78FQG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG05), Oct 19, 1977: Piper PA-36 (N9920P), New Deal, 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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