# Accident 19780417017669A: Piper PA23, St Cloud, MN, April 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1978
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: St Cloud,Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 45.5466° N, 94.0599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Saint Cloud Regional Airport (STC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5466&lon=-94.0599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N799Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N799Y-1981-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780417017669A

## Narrative

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

LOST ENG AFT LIFT OFF,CONTINUED FLT.4000FT RWY AVAILABLE AT POINTENG FAILURE.

## 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 MKC78FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA032), Apr 17, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N799Y), St Cloud, MN, 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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