# Accident 19780409010899A: Piper PA22135, Marseilles, IL, April 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1978
- Place: Marseilles, IL
- Airport: Prairie Lk Lodge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.3183° N, 88.6764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marseilles, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3183&lon=-88.6764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2563A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2563A-1980-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 257 total, 163 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEE35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780409010899A

## Narrative

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

TURNED TOWARD TREES.

## 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 CHI78FEE35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE35), Apr 9, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N2563A), Marseilles, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2563A (1)

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

- [Accident 19740408008469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740408008469A), Apr 8, 1974: Piper PA22135 (N2563A), Monee, IL, Substantial damage. Gusting 40K.drifted ovr plowed fld adj to rwy. Initiated go-around. Plt felt low,slow,decided to lnd

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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