# Incident 19780908018369I: Piper PA28/, Harvard, NE, September 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1978, 20:15 local time
- Place: Harvard, NE
- Airport: State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6201° N, 98.0961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harvard, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6201&lon=-98.0961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7744N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7744N-1989-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780908018369I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING RESULTED DUE TO MISUSE OF FLAPS.

## Other reports on N7744N (1)

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

- [Accident 19860924046199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860924046199A), Sep 24, 1986: Piper PA28180 (N7744N), Harvard, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The plane impacted the ground out of control. Suspect the fatigued VFR pilot became disoriented. Weather a factor.

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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