# Accident 19780705020349A: Piper PA36285, Steamboat Rock,, IA, July 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1978
- Place: Steamboat Rock,, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 42.4081° N, 93.0662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steamboat Rock, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4081&lon=-93.0662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57703, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57703-1981-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,387 total, 350 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DCD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCD38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780705020349A

## Narrative

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

WIRES.

## 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 MKC78DCD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCD38), Jul 5, 1978: Piper PA-36 (N57703), Steamboat Rock, IA, destroyed

## Other reports on N57703 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780414012469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780414012469I), Apr 14, 1978: Piper PA36300 (N57703), Anamosa, IA, Minor damage. Forced landing due to fuel exhaustion.

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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