# Accident 19780903031939A: Piper L4B, Mccall, ID, September 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1978
- Place: Mccall, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.9084° N, 116.1125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCall, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9084&lon=-116.1125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88185, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88185-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,879 total, 5 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780903031939A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AUTOPSY SHOWED PAX HAD HEART ATTACK.HIS STICK GRIP PULLED OFF FOUYING ON FRONT FLOORBOARD.

## 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 SEA78FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA060), Sep 3, 1978: Piper J3C (N88185), Mccall, ID, 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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