# Accident 19771026036569A: Piper PA28151, Randolph, NJ, October 26, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1977
- Place: Randolph, NJ
- Airport: Flanders
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.8434° N, 74.5818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Randolph, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8434&lon=-74.5818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3QA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3QA-1978-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 533 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771026036569A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HAD ELT ANTENNA INSTALLED,HOWEVER ELT WAS NOT FOUND.HIT SUPPORTING CABLE ABT 300FT AGL.

## 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 NYC78FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA002), Oct 26, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N3QA), Randolph, NJ, destroyed, 1 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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