# Accident 19790204015029A: Piper PA23160, Pascagoula, FL, February 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pascagoula, FL
- Airport: Jackson Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3362P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3362P-1979-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,239 total, 0 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790204015029A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED DURING SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE EMERGENCY. ONE ENGINE WAS FEATHERED.

## 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 MIA79FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA046), Feb 4, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N3362P), Pascagoula, MS, destroyed, 1 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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