# Accident 19780520022969A: Piper PA22108, Northampton, PA, May 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1978
- Place: Northampton, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.6883° N, 75.4873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northampton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6883&lon=-75.4873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4656Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4656Z-2013-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,235 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520022969A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSERVED CIRCLING AT LOW ALTITUDE.

## 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 NYC78FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA056), May 20, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N4656Z), Northampton, PA, destroyed, 2 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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