# Accident 19780727022659A: Piper PA25235, Laprairie, IL, July 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1978
- Place: Laprairie, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.1473° N, 91.0024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Prairie, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1473&lon=-91.0024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9747P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 23 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEV45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEV45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727022659A

## 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 CHI78DEV45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEV45), Jul 27, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N9747P), Laprairie, IL, 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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