# Accident 19780314042369A: Piper PA32R300, Rock Falls, IL, March 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1978
- Place: Rock Falls, IL
- Airport: Whiteside County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.7721° N, 89.6942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Falls, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7721&lon=-89.6942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7299C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7299C-1982-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 51 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA028-202545) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780314042369A

## 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 CHI79FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA028-202545), Mar 14, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N7299C), Rock Falls, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7299C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780102000439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000439I), Jan 2, 1978: Piper PA32R300 (N7299C), Indianola, IA. Forced landing after power loss. Magneto had failed.

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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