# Accident 19780818028069A: Piper PA28140, Sussex, NJ, August 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1978
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1876J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1876J-1980-07-02) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 104 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780818028069A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 NYC78FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA083), Aug 18, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N1876J), Sussex, NJ, substantial damage

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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