# Accident 19780730024589A: Piper PA28180, Mitchell, IN, July 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1978
- Place: Mitchell, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 38.7371° N, 86.4752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mitchell, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7371&lon=-86.4752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7638W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7638W-1982-03-26) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 84 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEX28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780730024589A

## Narrative

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

HIT STATIC CABLES ON HIGH VOLTAGE LINE.

## 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 CHI78FEX28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEX28), Jul 30, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N7638W), Mitchell, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N7638W (1)

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

- [Accident 19750711020799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750711020799A), Jul 11, 1975: Piper PA28180 (N7638W), Luverne, AL, Substantial damage. Carb dry,no mechanical reason found for fuel starvation. Eng stopped while plt switched tanks.

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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