# Accident 19780113002939A: Piper PA32R300, Champaign, IL, January 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1978
- Place: Champaign, IL
- Airport: U Of Il-Willard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9430K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9430K-2015-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 12 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEV12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEV12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780113002939A

## Narrative

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

WX INFO OBTAINED BY TV AND ATIS.TRUCK DRIVER AWARE OF ACFT.

## 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 CHI78DEV12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEV12), Jan 13, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N9430K), Champaign, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9430K (2)

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

- [Accident 20061112024309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061112024309A), Nov 12, 2006: Piper PA32R300 (N9430K), Williamsburg, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On take off from jgg runway 31 in IMC with reported winds varying from 350 to 360 degrees at 17 knots gusting to 27 knots, the aircraft climbed and…
- [Incident 20040906025939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040906025939I), Sep 6, 2004: Piper PA32R300 (N9430K), Bloomington-Nor, IL. (-23) IFR at 10000 from hhg to gph with peoria, IL ATCT pilot declared an emergency due to odor in cockpit. Aircraft diverted to bmi where an uneventful…

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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