# Accident 19780704025549A: Piper PA24400, Deerfield, VA, July 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1978
- Place: Deerfield, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.1946° N, 79.4130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deerfield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1946&lon=-79.4130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5991P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5991P-1980-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 643 total, 169 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704025549A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 7/7/78.TOTAL INSTRUMENT TIME LOGGED WAS 30MIN IN 19

## 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 IAD78FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA077), Jul 4, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N5991P), Deerfield, VA, 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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