# Accident 19780623026649A: Piper PA28235, Columbus, NE, June 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1978
- Place: Columbus, NE
- Airport: Columbus
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 41.4487° N, 97.3409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (OLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4487&lon=-97.3409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8993W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8993W-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 37 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780623026649A

## 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 MKC78FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA050), Jun 23, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N8993W), Columbus, NE, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N8993W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740127001969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740127001969A), Jan 27, 1974: Piper PA28235 (N8993W), Jaco, Substantial damage. Investigatn undr jurisdictn of govt of costa rica. Attmptd tkof from beach.

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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