# Accident 19780714019559A: Piper PA22, Severance, KS, July 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1978
- Place: Severance, KS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 39.7668° N, 95.2492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Severance, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7668&lon=-95.2492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5548Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5548Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DCG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780714019559A

## 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 MKC78DCG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCG49), Jul 14, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N5548Z), Severance, KS, 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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