# Accident 19781223040859A: Piper PA28140, North Bend, WA, December 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1978
- Place: North Bend, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 47.4880° N, 121.7688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Bend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4880&lon=-121.7688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95172, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95172-1982-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA83FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781223040859A

## Narrative

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

WRECKAGE AND EXISTING MARGINAL WEATHER INDICATES PILOT LOSS OF CONTROL PRIOR HILLSIDE IMPACT.

## 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 SEA83FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA064), Dec 23, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N95172), North Bend, WA, 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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