# Accident 19780107000389A: Piper PA28180, Rockwall, TX, January 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1978
- Place: Rockwall, TX
- Airport: Rockwall Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.9306° N, 96.4355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rockwall Municipal Airport (F46), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9306&lon=-96.4355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5127L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5127L-1978-03-03) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780107000389A

## Narrative

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

PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS 157 MG . HEAVY LOCALIZED GROUND FOGLUENCED BY LARGE LAKE.

## 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 FTW78FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA023), Jan 7, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N5127L), Rockwall, TX, 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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