# Accident 19780621012769A: Piper L4B, Harleyville, SC, June 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1978
- Place: Harleyville, SC
- Airport: Westbury Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 33.2095° N, 80.4527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harleyville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2095&lon=-80.4527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70998, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70998) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 112 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780621012769A

## Narrative

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

FUEL BOWL CONTAINED DIRT,WATER AND FUEL.

## 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 MIA78FLG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG25), Jun 21, 1978: Piper J3C (N70998), Harleyville, SC, 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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