# Accident 19780408008329A: Piper PA24400, San Ramon, CA, April 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1978
- Place: San Ramon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.7666° N, 121.9292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Ramon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7666&lon=-121.9292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6820P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6820P-1983-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 84 in this make and model, 410 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780408008329A

## 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 OAK78FVD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD26), Apr 8, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N6820P), San Ramon, CA, 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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