# Accident 19790805027911A: Piper J3C65, Grand Haven, MI, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 18:50 local time
- Place: Grand Haven, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0550° N, 86.2193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Haven, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0550&lon=-86.2193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7421H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7421H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 209 total, 38 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805027911A

## Narrative

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

PLT BANKED ACFT INTO COLLISION WITH OTHER ACFT DURING FORMATION FLT FOR PURPOSE OF TAKING PICTURES OF OTHER ACFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N219TC, Amtrrl BREEZYRLU1: [Accident 19790805027912A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805027912A)

## 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 CHI79FEM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM33), Aug 5, 1979: Piper J3C-65 (N7421H), Grand Haven, MI, 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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