# Accident 19780807023539A: Piper J3C65, Welsh, LA, August 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1978
- Place: Welsh, LA
- Airport: Welsh Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 30.2419° N, 92.8307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELSH (6R1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2419&lon=-92.8307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3683K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3683K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 150 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRD49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRD49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780807023539A

## 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 FTW78FRD49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRD49), Aug 7, 1978: Piper J-3 (N3683K), Welsh, LA, 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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