# Accident 19780429040449A: Piper PA28180, Danbury, CT, April 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7126W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7126W-1982-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 602 total, 146 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429040449A

## Narrative

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

RADIAL SCRATCH MARKS FOUND MID-WAY BETWEEN R TANK & OFF POSITION UEL SELECTOR.

## 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 NYC78FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA046), Apr 29, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N7126W), Danbury, CT, 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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