# Accident 19780831025979A: Piper PA28140, Grove City, PA, August 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1978
- Place: Grove City, PA
- Airport: Grove City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.1460° N, 80.1677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROVE CITY (29D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1460&lon=-80.1677&mi=10
- Aircraft: N669FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N669FL-1981-10-20) (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: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FGM48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGM48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780831025979A

## 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 NYC78FGM48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FGM48), Aug 31, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N669FL), Grove City, PA, 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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