# Accident 19780220024439A: Piper PA28151, Wasco, CA, February 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1978
- Place: Wasco, CA
- Airport: Kern Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.5938° N, 119.3671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5938&lon=-119.3671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44138, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44138-1981-09-03) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780220024439A

## Narrative

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

NO NIGHT TIME.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.26GM/100ML.

## 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 LAX78FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA028), Feb 20, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N44138), Wasco, CA, 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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