# Accident 19780613016179A: Piper PA28140, Bloomington, IL, June 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1978
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Nrml
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2257Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2257Q-2012-08-31) (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: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEV37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780613016179A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 CHI78FEV37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV37), Jun 13, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N2257Q), Bloomington, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2257Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19810525027779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525027779A), May 25, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N2257Q), West Milford, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed downwind. Ran off end of runwa. Misunderstood active runway as given on UNICOM. No reported weather brief.

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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