# Accident 19780227006189A: Piper PA32R300, Myersville, MD, February 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1978
- Place: Myersville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.5020° N, 77.5696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myersville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5020&lon=-77.5696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40012, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40012-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,030 total, 7 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780227006189A

## Narrative

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

AIRMET IN EFFECT PREDICTING MODERATE TURBULENCE.PLT STRUCK HEAD AST AIRFRAME - BLINDED.

## 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 IAD78FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA045), Feb 27, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N40012), Myersville, MD, 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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