# Accident 19780912033539A: Piper PA28180, Bountiful, UT, September 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1978
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Airport: Skypark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Location: 40.8681° N, 111.9275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYPARK (BTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8681&lon=-111.9275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7989W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7989W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 54 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTC02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780912033539A

## Narrative

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

AC HIT GARBAGE CONTAINER.

## 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 DEN79FTC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTC02), Sep 12, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N7989W), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7989W (1)

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

- [Accident 19730403010209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730403010209A), Apr 3, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N7989W), Cornelia, GA, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 20K.

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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