# Incident 19780430015089I: Piper PA28140, Clinton, MD, April 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1978, 07:30 local time
- Place: Clinton, MD
- Airport: Hyde Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7428° N, 76.9087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7428&lon=-76.9087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7126R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7126R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780430015089I

## Narrative

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

DURING FLAREOUT YOKE TRAVEL WAS RESTRICTED DUE TO NEWLY INSTALLED RADIO DROPPING DOWN.

## Other reports on N7126R (1)

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

- [Accident 19740322005629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740322005629A), Mar 22, 1974: Piper PA28140 (N7126R), Clinton, MD, Substantial damage. Ran off end of rwy,hit piles of debris.r MN gr hyd leak.

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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