# Accident 19780520011839A: Piper PA28140, Tulsa, OK, May 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1978
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5454S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5454S-2017-06-07) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPM09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520011839A

## Narrative

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

TIRES EXCESSIVELY WORN

## 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 FTW78FPM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPM09), May 20, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N5454S), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5454S (2)

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

- [Accident 19971213038569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971213038569A), Dec 13, 1997: Piper PA28140 (N5454S), Sturtevant, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Student pilot was on approach to RY26 when acft struck a semi truck on interstate 94, Sylvania, WI. (.4)witnesses reported the airplane approached the runway…
- [Incident 19780102000429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000429I), Jan 2, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N5454S), Arnett, OK, Minor damage. Aborted downwind takeoff, run off end of runway.

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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