# Accident 19740111000419A: Piper PA28180, Vancouver, WA, January 11, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1974
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Pearson Airpark
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 45.6387° N, 122.6615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vancouver, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6387&lon=-122.6615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8081W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8081W-1982-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 118 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FYC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYC35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740111000419A

## Narrative

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

NON-OCCPNT STRCK IN HEAD BY PROP WHILE HAND-PROPNG ENG DRG COMPRESSION STROKE,SWITCHES OFF.

## 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 SEA74FYC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYC35), Jan 11, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N8081W), Vancouver, WA, no damage

## Other reports on N8081W (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19781014030909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781014030909A), Oct 14, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N8081W), CA, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19730210004829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730210004829A), Feb 10, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N8081W), Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced and drifted off rwy into bushes.

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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