# Accident 19780206007659A: Piper PA23, Troy, MI, February 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1978
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Troy Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 42.6056° N, 83.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6056&lon=-83.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6704Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6704Y-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM) (registry code 7102313, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250-6pclm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,084 total, 288 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEC13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780206007659A

## Narrative

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

CABIN HEATER IGNITED ACFT DRG TAXI FRM ABORTED TKOF FOR UNDETERMIREASON.

## 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 CHI78FEC13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC13), Feb 6, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N6704Y), Troy, MI, 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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