# NTSB SEA78FA060: Piper J3C, N88185, Mccall, ID, September 3, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1978
- Place: Mccall, ID · MCCALL, ID
- Location: 44.9084° N, 116.1125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCall, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9084&lon=-116.1125&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 16, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 139596
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA78FA060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA060

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2634   78/9/3  NR.MCCALL,ID          PIPER J3C           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1879
        TIME - 1055                    N88185              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MCCALL,ID                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- AUTOPSY SHOWED PAX HAD HEART ATTACK.HIS STICK GRIP PULLED OFF FOUND LYING ON FRONT FLOORBOARD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N88185](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88185-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 15802, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780903031939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780903031939A), Sep 3, 1978: Piper L4B, Mccall, ID, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Autopsy showed pax had heart attack. His stick grip pulled off fouying on front floorboard.

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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