# Accident 19780803020459A: Piper PA25235, Tallulah, LA, August 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1978
- Place: Tallulah, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.4067° N, 91.1917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallulah, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4067&lon=-91.1917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9853P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9853P-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780803020459A

## 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 FTW78FRJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ26), Aug 3, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N9853P), Tallulah, LA, 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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