# Accident 19771217042879A: Piper PA23235, St Paul, IN, December 17, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1977
- Place: St Paul, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 39.4282° N, 85.6287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4282&lon=-85.6287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N498HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498HH-1978-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-235 (registry code 7102306, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,952 total, 0 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771217042879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK PLOWED FIELD DURING EMERGENCY LNDG.

## 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 CHI78FEX07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX07), Dec 17, 1977: Piper PA-23 (N498HH), St Paul, IN, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.