# Accident 19780206010139A: Piper PA24400, Rowland Heigts, CA, February 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1978
- Place: Rowland Heigts, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: N6390P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6390P-1980-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,610 total, 747 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780206010139A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 LAX78FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA025), Feb 6, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N6390P), Rowland Heigts, CA, 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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