# NTSB MKC79FA012: Piper PA-32, N4757S, Virginia, NE, December 18, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 18, 1978
- Place: Virginia, NE · VIRGINIA, NE
- Location: 40.2459° N, 96.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Virginia, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2459&lon=-96.4988&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138410
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC79FA012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3905  78/12/18   VIRGINIA,NE         PIPER PA-32         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 134
        TIME - 0638                    N4757S              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BEATRICE,NE                 TECUMSEH,NE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OTHER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RESTRICTED VIS AT NIGHT-AREA SPARSELY LIGHTED-LOW CLOUDS IN AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4757S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4757S-1982-09-30), registration cancelled 1982-09-30, S/N 321174 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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