# Accident 19790317043749A: Piper PA28235, Park Forrest So, IL, March 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1979, 10:20 local time
- Place: Park Forrest So, IL
- Airport: Haedtler
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4691° N, 87.7254° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Haedtler Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4691&lon=-87.7254&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9458W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9458W-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 196 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317043749A

## Narrative

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

STALLED IN STEEP TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE. ENGINE HAD STOPPED AT IMPACT. ALCOHOL, POSSIBLE CARB ICE, HEART SEIZURE.

## 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 CHI79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA035), Mar 17, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9458W), Park Forrest, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9458W (1)

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

- [Accident 19760720022249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720022249A), Jul 20, 1976: Piper PA28235 (N9458W), Griffith, IN, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 30 KTS.

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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