# Accident 19781225040409A: Piper PA28R200, Napoleon, MI, December 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1978
- Place: Napoleon, MI
- Airport: Maule Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.1645° N, 84.2438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napoleon, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1645&lon=-84.2438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33867, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33867) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 20 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEC08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781225040409A

## Narrative

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

FLATBED TRUCK.

## 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 CHI79DEC08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC08), Dec 25, 1978: Piper PA-28R (N33867), Napoleon, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N33867 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770822027551A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770822027551A), Aug 22, 1977: Piper PA28R200 (N33867), Beaufort, NC, Substantial damage. Plt executing 180 deg eng out practice apch

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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