# Accident 19780726018269A: Piper PA28140, Tuscaloosa, AL, July 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1978
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5239W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5239W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (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: 63 total, 4 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780726018269A

## Narrative

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

PARKING BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. LUSCOMBE N8,SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 MIA78FKJ66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ66), Jul 26, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N5239W), Tuscaloosa, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5239W (1)

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

- [Incident 20040710019839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710019839I), Jul 10, 2004: Piper PA28* (N5239W), Topeka, KS. (-23) While in flight switched fuel selector from left tank to right tank. Fuel pressure dropped and engine stopped. Switched back to right tank but could not…

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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