# Accident 19780820032099A: Piper PA34200, Farmington, NM, August 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1978
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Farmington Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 36.7281° N, 108.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7281&lon=-108.2187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47846 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 80 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FQA56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQA56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780820032099A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR STRUT DRIVEN UPWARD THRU FUSELAGE SKIN

## 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 DEN78FQA56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQA56), Aug 20, 1978: Piper PA-34 (N47846), Farmington, NM, 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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