# Accident 19780507020519A: Piper PA28180, Jekyll Island, GA, May 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1978
- Place: Jekyll Island, GA
- Airport: Jekyll Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 31.0745° N, 81.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEKYLL ISLAND (09J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0745&lon=-81.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47638, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47638-1982-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: New Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7103201, https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 102 total, 5 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780507020519A

## Narrative

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

BRUNSWICK 2255 WX.

## 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 MIA78FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA078), May 7, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N47638), Jekyll Island, GA, destroyed, 3 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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