# Accident 19780810027389A: Piper L4B, White Marsh, MD, August 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1978
- Place: White Marsh, MD
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 39.3806° N, 76.4567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Marsh, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3806&lon=-76.4567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51537, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51537-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 88 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810027389A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT GND WIRE ON HI TENSION PWR 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 IAD78FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA092), Aug 10, 1978: Piper J-3 (N51537), White Marsh, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N51537 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760326009199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760326009199A), Mar 26, 1976: Piper J3C65 (N51537), Mt Airy, MD, Substantial damage. Uncertificated plt with pax.

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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