# Accident 19780514012509A: Piper PA24400, Barnstead, NH, May 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1978
- Place: Barnstead, NH
- Airport: Locke Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 43.3867° N, 71.2334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Locke Lake Airport (NH15), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3867&lon=-71.2334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6465P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6465P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNC26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780514012509A

## Narrative

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

WINDS GUSTING 26K.BOTH WINGS BENT DOWN.

## 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 NYC78FNC26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC26), May 14, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N6465P), Barnstead, NH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6465P (1)

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

- [Accident 20240408004179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240408004179A), Apr 8, 2024: Piper PA-24-250 (N6465P), Carrabassett Va, ME, Substantial damage. On 4/8/24 at about 1130 hours local time a PA24 single engine airplane, experienced a hard landing short of runway 35 and was substantially damaged. There were…

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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