# Accident 19771223040959A: Piper PA28180, Allen, TX, December 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1977
- Place: Allen, TX
- Airport: Weed Patch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.1072° N, 96.6747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1072&lon=-96.6747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55285, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55285-1978-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771223040959A

## 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 FTW78FPA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA09), Dec 23, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N55285), Allen, TX, 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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