# Accident 19780802024249A: Piper PA23160, Leakey, TX, August 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1978
- Place: Leakey, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 29.7254° N, 99.7631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leakey, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7254&lon=-99.7631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4195P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4195P-1980-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780802024249A

## 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 FTW78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA064), Aug 2, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N4195P), Leakey, TX, destroyed, 1 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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