# Accident 19791125034789A: Piper PA23250, Columbus, NE, November 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1979
- Place: Columbus, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4371° N, 97.3586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4371&lon=-97.3586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6496Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6496Y-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 764 total, 390 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791125034789A

## Narrative

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

LOW-TIME IFR PLT DEPARTED VFR. ACFT IMPACTED GROUND VERTICALLY, 2MI FROM APRT. SNOW-SHOWERS, LOW CLOUDS IN AREA.

## 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 MKC80FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FA010), Nov 25, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N6496Y), Columbus, NE, 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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