# Accident 19771223042199A: Piper PA28180, Agness, OR, December 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1977
- Place: Agness, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 42.5565° N, 124.0690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Agness, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5565&lon=-124.0690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56759, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56759-1989-07-29) (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: 927 total, 100 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYK05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYK05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771223042199A

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR FAILED. LND IN WILD ROSE BUSHES.

## 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 SEA78DYK05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYK05), Dec 23, 1977: Piper PA-28 (N56759), Agness, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56759 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890630019019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890630019019A), Jun 30, 1989: Piper PA28180 (N56759), Snoqualmie Pass, WA, Destroyed. Wrong turn into box canyon following road through Pass as clouds lowered. Stalled into trees. Ats had advised was VMC
- [Incident 19851201067199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851201067199I), Dec 1, 1985: Piper PA28180 (N56759), Kalispell, MT, Minor damage. Forced landing after catastrophic failure of engine due to loss of oil. Out of annual, improper registration.

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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