# Accident 19780724025599A: Piper PA28180, Altoona, PA, July 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1978
- Place: Altoona, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.5081° N, 78.4011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Altoona, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5081&lon=-78.4011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41310, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41310-1980-07-14) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 20 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FGM42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGM42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780724025599A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATED SKY OVERCAST,COULD HEAR ACFT FLYING LOW BUT COULD SEE IT.

## 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 NYC78FGM42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGM42), Jul 24, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N41310), Altoona, PA, destroyed

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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