# Accident 19780915027639A: Piper PA18S125, Sacramento, CA, September 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1978
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Execut
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6881B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,978 total, 17 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG80) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915027639A

## 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 OAK78DVG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG80), Sep 15, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N6881B), Sacramento, CA, 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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