# Accident 19780809036489A: Piper PA28180, Denver,Co, CO, August 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1978
- Place: Denver,Co, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47378, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47378-1982-03-02) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FTE84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE84) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809036489A

## Narrative

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

SUBSTANTIAL DMG TO PA-31,N59972.

## 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 DEN78FTE84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE84), Aug 9, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N47378), Denver, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N47378 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790217020442A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217020442A), Feb 17, 1979: Piper PA28181 (N47378), Logan, UT, Destroyed. Student and flt. Instructor on final were struck from rear by another acft turning final. (Other aft N3893M)

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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