# Accident 19780227035489A: Beech 65A90, Big Piney, WY, February 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1978
- Place: Big Piney, WY
- Airport: Big Piney
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.5402° N, 110.1193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Piney, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5402&lon=-110.1193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N878T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N878T-1979-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 10,515 total, 0 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780227035489A

## Narrative

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

WX TRANSMITTED TO PILOTS FROM BIG PINEY GROUND PERSONNEL.

## 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 DEN78FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA027), Feb 27, 1978: Beech A90 (N878T), Big Piney, WY, 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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