# Accident 19780428007569A: Schzow MODELB, Tacoma, WA, April 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1978
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: South Tacoma
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 47.2175° N, 122.4882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at South Tacoma Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2175&lon=-122.4882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777GD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHZOW MODELB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FYE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYE20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780428007569A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOSED OVER ON DOWNWIND LEG & CRASHED ALMOST INVERTED.

## 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 SEA78FYE20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FYE20), Apr 28, 1978: Bensen G-1D (N777GD), Tacoma, WA, 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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