# Accident 19771203036239A: Piper PA28140, Springville, CA, December 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1977
- Place: Springville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.1213° N, 118.8227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1213&lon=-118.8227&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33167, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33167-1981-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 51 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771203036239A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK78DVA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA17), Dec 3, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N33167), Springville, CA, substantial damage

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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