# Accident 19771216039929A: Piper PA28R201, Waukon, IA, December 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1977
- Place: Waukon, IA
- Airport: Waukon,Ia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.2685° N, 91.4785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukon, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2685&lon=-91.4785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44988, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44988-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 437 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771216039929A

## 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 MKC78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA014), Dec 16, 1977: Piper PA-28R (N44988), Waukon, IA, 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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