# Accident 19780525011469A: Dhavxx DH89AROBRT, Cumberland, MD, May 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1978
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Mexico Farms
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.6060° N, 78.7605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEXICO FARMS (1W3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6060&lon=-78.7605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18840 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAVXX DH89AROBRT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,214 total, 2 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FIG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780525011469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT USED UNLEADED AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE.

## 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 IAD78FIG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIG08), May 25, 1978: Dehavilland DH82C (N18840), Cumberland, MD, substantial damage

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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