# Incident 19780102000439I: Piper PA32R300, Indianola, IA, January 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1978, 11:45 local time
- Place: Indianola, IA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3630° N, 93.5655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianola, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3630&lon=-93.5655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7299C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7299C-1982-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 565 total, 275 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000439I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS. MAGNETO HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N7299C (1)

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

- [Accident 19780314042369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780314042369A), Mar 14, 1978: Piper PA32R300 (N7299C), Rock Falls, IL, 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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