# Accident 19780628022549A: Piper PA20115, Galesburg, IL, June 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1978
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Airport: Galesburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.9502° N, 90.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galesburg, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9502&lon=-90.3766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7323K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7323K-2023-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20115
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,561 total, 39 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEV41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780628022549A

## 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 CHI78FEV41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV41), Jun 28, 1978: Piper PA-20 (N7323K), Galesburg, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7323K (1)

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

- [Accident 20200902018499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200902018499A), Sep 2, 2020: Piper PA-20-135 (N7323K), Luray, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On September 2, 2020, at approximately 1400, the Washington FSDO received notification that N7323K, a Piper PA-20, had crashed in shennandoa national park near…

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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