# Accident 19781010043869A: Piper PA24400, Baraboo, WI, October 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1978
- Place: Baraboo, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 43.4681° N, 89.7384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baraboo, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4681&lon=-89.7384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5696P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5696P-1980-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 313 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781010043869A

## 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 CHI79FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA006), Oct 10, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N5696P), Baraboo, WI, 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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