# Accident 19771023038769A: Piper PA28180, Blair, NE, October 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1977
- Place: Blair, NE
- Airport: Blair Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.5383° N, 96.1370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blair, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5383&lon=-96.1370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55184, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55184-1978-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 109 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771023038769A

## Narrative

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

WING SEPARATED.

## 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 MKC78FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA004), Oct 23, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N55184), Blair, NE, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N55184 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730725023439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730725023439A), Jul 25, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N55184), Tremont, IL, Substantial damage. Ran off end of rwy into rr embankment.

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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