# Accident 19780913029439A: Piper PA28140, Amityville, NY, September 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1978
- Place: Amityville, NY
- Airport: Zahns
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 40.7100° N, 73.4000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Zahn's Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7100&lon=-73.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6771J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6771J-2026-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 485 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780913029439A

## Narrative

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

TRACTOR OFF SIDE OF RWY.

## 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 NYC78FHJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHJ26), Sep 13, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N6771J), Amityville, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6771J (2)

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

- [Incident 19780629034319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780629034319I), Jun 29, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N6771J), Amityville, NY, Minor damage. Student pilot hit runway with the nose wheel. Axle broke and wheel separated.
- [Accident 19731215040061A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731215040061A), Dec 15, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N6771J), Amityville, NY, Substantial damage. Hit Stinson. Lndd on rwy aft collision. Advised of traffic by plt of another acft.

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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