# Accident 19781210036499A: Piper PA11, Michigan City, IN, December 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1978
- Place: Michigan City, IN
- Airport: Michigan City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.7033° N, 86.8212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7033&lon=-86.8212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4795H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4795H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 70 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FET08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FET08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781210036499A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI79FET08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FET08), Dec 10, 1978: Piper PA-11 (N4795H), Michigan City, IN, 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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