# Accident 19780909037879A: Piper PA22, Seligman, AZ, September 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1978
- Place: Seligman, AZ
- Airport: Seligman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 35.3351° N, 112.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SELIGMAN (P23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3351&lon=-112.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8547C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8547C-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 455 total, 200 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78DUK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUK03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780909037879A

## Narrative

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

MIX FULL RICH.RUNWAY OF LOOSE GRAVEL & 10 IN HIGH VEG.DENS ALT 80.

## 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 LAX78DUK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78DUK03), Sep 9, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N8547C), Seligman, AZ, substantial damage

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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