# Accident 19781228041739A: Piper PA32RT300, Virginia, NE, December 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1978
- Place: Virginia, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.2459° N, 96.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Virginia, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2459&lon=-96.4988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4757S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4757S-1982-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 55 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781228041739A

## Narrative

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

RESTRICTED VIS AT NIGHT-AREA SPARSELY LIGHTED-LOW CLOUDS IN AREA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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