# Accident 19780820028079A: Gruman TS2ACALFORST, Laytonville, CA, August 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1978
- Place: Laytonville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.6623° N, 123.4948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laytonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6623&lon=-123.4948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N448DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N448DF-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman S2F-1 (TS-2A) (registry code 3951102, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-s2f-1-ts-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN TS2ACALFORST
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,273 total, 1,912 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVD54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780820028079A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK78FVD54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD54), Aug 20, 1978: Grumman TS-2A (N448DF), Laytonville, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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