# Accident 19780528041889A: Piper PA22160, Saint Helen, MI, May 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1978
- Place: Saint Helen, MI
- Airport: Saint Helen
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 44.3680° N, 84.4022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST HELEN (6Y6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3680&lon=-84.4022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3610Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3610Z-1979-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 122 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780528041889A

## 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 CHI78FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA043), May 28, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N3610Z), Saint Helen, MI, destroyed, 4 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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