# Accident 19780129000939A: Piper PA28180, Stratford, CT, January 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1978
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7906W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7906W-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 386 total, 386 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNE06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780129000939A

## Narrative

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

DURING LNDG ROLL PIC FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTION CONTROL. WINDS ING TO 20 KTS.

## 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 NYC78FNE06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE06), Jan 29, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N7906W), Stratford, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7906W (2)

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

- [Accident 20091018050449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091018050449A), Oct 18, 2009: Piper PA-28-180 (N7906W), Oliver Springs, TN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pilot landed long on wet/soggy grass strip. Pilot loss directional control of aircraft and slid into trees off the left side of the runway. Impact caused trees…
- [Accident 20070815023149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070815023149A), Aug 15, 2007: Piper PA28180 (N7906W), Tunica, MS, Minor damage. (-23) On August 15, 2007, around 1355 local time the pilot in command of N7906W, PA-28-180, aircraft was on approach to runway 35 at the Tunica, MS (kuta)…

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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