# Accident 19780302015269A: Piper PA30, Waco, GA, March 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1978
- Place: Waco, GA
- Airport: West Georgia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.7022° N, 85.1898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7022&lon=-85.1898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7428Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7428Y-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780302015269A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-ICING OR DE-ICING SYSTEMS.

## 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 MIA78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA048), Mar 2, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N7428Y), Waco, GA, destroyed, 2 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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