# Accident 19780625042429A: Piper PA23160, Belleville, MO, June 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1978
- Place: Belleville, MO
- Airport: Bi-State Parks
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Aircraft: N3284P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3284P-2023-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,387 total, 182 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625042429A

## Narrative

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

PLT & CREW DEP IL 0805 6/24/78 & DID NOT REC ANY SLEEP UNTIL FLT DEP LA 0200 6/25/78.

## 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 CHI78FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA045), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N3284P), Belleville, IL, destroyed, 3 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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