# Accident 19781224041389A: Piper PA32RT300, Sun City, AZ, December 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1978
- Place: Sun City, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.6155° N, 112.2831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sun City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6155&lon=-112.2831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4008R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4008R-1979-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,039 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781224041389A

## Narrative

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

CHUTE PULLED JUMPER THRU DOOR FRAME,TAIL SEPRTD.MISC-PREMATURE CHOPENING

## 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 LAX79FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA019), Dec 24, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N4008R), Sun City, AZ, 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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