# Accident 19780115006149A: Piper PA23, Medford, OR, January 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1978
- Place: Medford, OR
- Airport: Medford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.3360° N, 122.8518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medford, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3360&lon=-122.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5675Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5675Y-1980-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 5,277 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA018-143374) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780115006149A

## Narrative

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

CLRD FOR STRAIGHT-IN ILS.RPTD NDB INBD.NDB SGL OUT OF TLRNC.MFR WT MTN 4300FT MSL 22MI NW MFR.

## 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 SEA78FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA018-143374), Jan 15, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N5675Y), Medford, OR, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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