# Incident 19780719043759I: Piper PA28180, Bedford, IN, July 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1978, 20:50 local time
- Place: Bedford, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8602° N, 86.4895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8602&lon=-86.4895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8907J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8907J-1981-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780719043759I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N8907J (1)

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

- [Accident 19800420009969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420009969A), Apr 20, 1980: Piper PA28180 (N8907J), Falmouth, KY, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Used most off of 2,000 foot sod unmowed runway prior to lift-off. Banked sharply on climb. Hit trees, burned.

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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