# Accident 19771211041319A: Piper PA24250, Kerrville, TX, December 11, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1977
- Place: Kerrville, TX
- Airport: Kerrville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 30.0383° N, 99.1311° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kerrville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0383&lon=-99.1311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7126P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7126P-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771211041319A

## Narrative

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

CAUSE OF COMM FAILURE UNK.FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE.

## 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 FTW78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA017), Dec 11, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N7126P), Kerrville, TX, destroyed, 3 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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