# Accident 19780105008209A: Piper PA23, Eden Prairie, MN, January 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1978
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1142P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,337 total, 52 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FER21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FER21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780105008209A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR RETARDED WRONG THROTTLE.

## 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 MKC78FER21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FER21), Jan 5, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N1142P), Eden Prairie, MN, 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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