# Accident 19780312020489A: Piper PA23250, Connellsville, PA, March 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1978
- Place: Connellsville, PA
- Airport: Connellsville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.0159° N, 79.5896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Connellsville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0159&lon=-79.5896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40355, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40355-2011-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 738 total, 56 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780312020489A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC78FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA032), Mar 12, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N40355), Connellsville, PA, 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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