# Accident 19771103041199A: Piper PA31, Manitowoc, WI, November 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1977
- Place: Manitowoc, WI
- Airport: Manitowoc Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 44.1288° N, 87.6806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANITOWOC COUNTY (MTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1288&lon=-87.6806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9273Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9273Y-1978-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771103041199A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED 1 MILE FROM ARPT.

## 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 CHI78FEP09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP09), Nov 3, 1977: Piper PA-31 (N9273Y), Manitowoc, WI, 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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