# Accident 19780804020479A: Piper PA28140, Gothenburg, NE, August 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1978
- Place: Gothenburg, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 40.9247° N, 100.1539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gothenburg, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9247&lon=-100.1539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44123, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44123-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 68 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCJ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCJ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780804020479A

## Narrative

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

VALVE HEAD FRACTURED.

## 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 MKC78FCJ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCJ36), Aug 4, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N44123), Gothenburg, NE, 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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