# Accident 19780827026479A: Piper PA28181, Flagstaff, AZ, August 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1978
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Pulliam
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 35.1981° N, 111.6513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flagstaff, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1981&lon=-111.6513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2938Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2938Q-1995-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 5 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUJ96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ96) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780827026479A

## Narrative

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

DENSITY ALTITUDE 9715FT.AS ENG RPM DECREASED MIXTURE WAS INCREASE FULL RICH.

## 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 LAX78FUJ96](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUJ96), Aug 27, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N2938Q), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2938Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19940506010199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940506010199A), May 6, 1994: Piper PA28161 (N2938Q), Grand Island, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Advised no VFR and icing en route. Low time VFR pilot left anyway. Spatial disorientation. Vertigo led to crash.

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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