# Accident 19781224040389A: Piper PA25235, Westmoreland, CA, December 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1978
- Place: Westmoreland, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.0390° N, 115.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westmorland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0390&lon=-115.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4998Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4998Y-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 724 total, 724 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781224040389A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX79DUM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUM04), Dec 24, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N4998Y), Westmoreland, CA, destroyed

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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