# Accident 19790417015061A: Piper PA28140, Veedersburg, IN, April 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1979, 15:06 local time
- Place: Veedersburg, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1167° N, 87.2576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Veedersburg, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1167&lon=-87.2576&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1895T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1895T-1982-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 166 total, 166 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790417015061A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS FLYING IN FORMATION TAKING PICTURES COLLIDED. ONE CRASHED. THE OTHER CRASHED ON LANDING AT THE AIRPORT. .

## Other aircraft in the event

- N634J, Piper PA28180: [Accident 19790417015062A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790417015062A)

## 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 CHI79FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA045), Apr 17, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N1895T), Veedersburg, IN, destroyed, 2 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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