# Accident 19790319017129A: Piper PA32300, Dekalb, IL, March 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1979, 01:30 local time
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9282° N, 88.7476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9282&lon=-88.7476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4047R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4047R-1982-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 192 total, 18 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790319017129A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT WAS NOT CERTIFIED IN TYPE OF OPERATION.

## 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 CHI79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA036), Mar 19, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N4047R), Dekalb, IL, destroyed, 6 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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