# Accident 19780710032589A: Piper L4B, Wenden, AZ, July 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1978
- Place: Wenden, AZ
- Airport: Wenden
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.8132° N, 113.5524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wenden Airfield, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8132&lon=-113.5524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77590, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77590-1982-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUJ83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUJ83) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780710032589A

## 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 LAX78DUJ83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUJ83), Jul 10, 1978: Piper J-3 (N77590), Wenden, AZ, destroyed

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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