# Accident 19780308005639A: Piper PA28235, Farmingdale, NY, March 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1978
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9394W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9394W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 45 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780308005639A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC78FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA030), Mar 8, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N9394W), Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9394W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210802012359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210802012359I), Aug 2, 2021: Piper PA-28-235 (N9394W), Hnd, NV, Minor damage. During landing with crosswind from the right, with wind correction, once the nose wheel contacted to runway the aircraft veered to the left causing left wheel…

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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