# Accident 19780904028909A: Piper L4B, Lynden, WA, September 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1978
- Place: Lynden, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 48.9480° N, 122.4589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynden, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9480&lon=-122.4589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6391H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6391H-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 64 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780904028909A

## Narrative

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

POLICE SEARCH FOR HOMICIDE VICTIM.

## 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 SEA78FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA061), Sep 4, 1978: Piper J3 (N6391H), Lynden, WA, 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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