# Accident 19780218019509A: Piper PA28140, Jekyll Island, GA, February 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1978
- Place: Jekyll Island, GA
- Airport: Jekyll Island
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 31.0745° N, 81.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEKYLL ISLAND (09J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0745&lon=-81.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N620FL-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 291 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780218019509A

## Narrative

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

INJ INDEX & DMG PRESUMED,1 BODY RCVD.PLT ADVISED INSTRUMENT PROBLDURING FLT,ELECTED CONTINUE.

## 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 MIA78DA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DA045), Feb 18, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N620FL), Jekyll Island, GA, destroyed, 4 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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