19781022038599A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32RT300 · Sun City, AZ · October 22, 1978

Date
October 22, 1978
Place
Sun City, AZ
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4167W
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79DUJ07
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,751 total500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft vandalized. Eng & cockpit instrumentation stolen.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT VANDALIZED.ENG & COCKPIT INSTRUMENTATION STOLEN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.