# Accident 19780116017569A: Piper PA32260, Kernville, CA, January 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1978
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.7550° N, 118.4309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kernville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7550&lon=-118.4309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3350W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3350W-1981-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 965 total, 965 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780116017569A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 1/18/78.

## 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 LAX78FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA021), Jan 16, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N3350W), Kernville, CA, destroyed, 1 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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