# Accident 19781119044479A: Piper PA24400, Amarilld, TX, November 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1978
- Place: Amarilld, TX
- Airport: Amarilld International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Aircraft: N7856P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7856P-1981-02-23) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781119044479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT NON-INSTRUMENT RATED

## 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 FTW79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA014), Nov 19, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N7856P), Amarilld, TX, destroyed, 3 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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