# Accident 19780625023349A: Piper PA28140, Swans Island, ME, June 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1978
- Place: Swans Island, ME
- Airport: Morrison
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 44.1451° N, 68.4517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Swans Island, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1451&lon=-68.4517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5567U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5567U-1981-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625023349A

## Narrative

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

PIC LANDED AT CLOSED AIRPORT.COLLIDED WITH ROCK ON RWY.

## 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 NYC78FNC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC35), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N5567U), Swans Island, ME, 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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