# Accident 19771027042629A: Piper PA23250, Morganton, NC, October 27, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1977
- Place: Morganton, NC
- Airport: Morganton Lenoir
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 35.7408° N, 81.7003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morganton, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7408&lon=-81.7003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5250Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5250Y-1978-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,984 total, 128 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771027042629A

## Narrative

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

NO APPROACH CHARTS FOR MRN.OBTAINED APCH DATA FRM ATC.CRASHED DRG 2ND APCH.

## 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 IAD78FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA008), Oct 27, 1977: Piper PA-23 (N5250Y), Morganton, NC, 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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