# Accident 19790704040799A: Piper PA22160, St Charles, IL, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 01:30 local time
- Place: St Charles, IL
- Airport: Du Page Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft: N3027Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3027Z-1984-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 134 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790704040799A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON NIGHT FLIGHT WITH RAIN, FOG & THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA.NO GROUND REFERENCE LIGHTS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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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