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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA23 · Marion, KY · June 22, 1978

Date
June 22, 1978
Place
Marion, KY
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5421Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD78FA073
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,118 total192 in this make and model329 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witnesses observed constant-rate descending turn to gnd. Sleeping tls,other recent flights.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES OBSERVED CONSTANT-RATE DESCENDING TURN TO GND.SLEEPING TLS,OTHER RECENT FLIGHTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.