# Accident 19780727018289A: Piper PA28180, Coalinga, CA, July 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1978
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Harris Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.2481° N, 120.2385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS RANCH (3O8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2481&lon=-120.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5408F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5408F-2000-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 3 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780727018289A

## Narrative

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

PLT THOUGHT STRIP WAS 4000FT LONG,ACTUALLY 2800FT.

## 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 OAK78DVA63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA63), Jul 27, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N5408F), Coalinga, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5408F (1)

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

- [Accident 19990505004609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990505004609A), May 5, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N5408F), Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. Acft was 9 miles north of the arpt over the water when the pilot stated the acft was experiencing engine problems and that it was going down, the acft crashed…

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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