# Accident 19780413007789A: Piper PA22, Alpine, TX, April 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1978
- Place: Alpine, TX
- Airport: Altuda Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 30.3121° N, 103.4762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Altuda Ranch Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3121&lon=-103.4762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N676A-1984-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 386 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DQD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780413007789A

## Narrative

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

DA APPROX 7100FT.

## 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 FTW78DQD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DQD18), Apr 13, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N676A), Alpine, TX, substantial damage

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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