# Accident 19780323003399A: Piper PA28140, Morgantown, PA, March 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1978
- Place: Morgantown, PA
- Airport: Morgantown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 40.1575° N, 75.8692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Morgantown Airport (O03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1575&lon=-75.8692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4196J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4196J-1982-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 198 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780323003399A

## Narrative

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

WET SOFT FIELD.

## 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 NYC78FHA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA18), Mar 23, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N4196J), Morgantown, PA, substantial damage

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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