# Accident 19780826033789A: Piper PA28R200, St George, MN, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978
- Place: St George, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.3894° N, 94.5325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint George, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3894&lon=-94.5325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43177, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43177-1980-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 454 total, 340 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826033789A

## 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 MKC78FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA067), Aug 26, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N43177), St George, MN, destroyed, 2 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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