# Accident 19781221037159A: Piper PA23, Visalia, CA, December 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1978
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1437P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1437P-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,430 total, 1,103 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781221037159A

## Narrative

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

PLT DID NOT CALL FOR OR RCV LATEST ALT SETTING PRIOR TO MAKING APCH.

## 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 OAK79DVA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVA21), Dec 21, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N1437P), Visalia, CA, 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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