# Accident 19780823026449A: Piper PA28161, Haynesville, LA, August 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1978
- Place: Haynesville, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.9663° N, 93.1381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haynesville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9663&lon=-93.1381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38392, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38392-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRJ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780823026449A

## 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 FTW78FRJ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ30), Aug 23, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N38392), Haynesville, 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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