# Accident 19780202003039A: Piper PA28151, Pahrump, NV, February 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1978
- Place: Pahrump, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.2083° N, 115.9839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pahrump, NV, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2083&lon=-115.9839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44517, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44517-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVW08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVW08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780202003039A

## Narrative

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

DA 13000FT.

## 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 OAK78DVW08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVW08), Feb 2, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N44517), Pahrump, NV, destroyed, 1 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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