# Accident 19780915032069A: Piper PA24400, Muleshoe, TX, September 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1978
- Place: Muleshoe, TX
- Airport: Edward Warren
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 34.2292° N, 102.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muleshoe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2292&lon=-102.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7401P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7401P-2003-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,801 total, 460 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915032069A

## Narrative

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

RNWY LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING.

## 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 FTW78DA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DA082), Sep 15, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N7401P), Muleshoe, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7401P (2)

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

- [Incident 20030617034909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030617034909I), Jun 17, 2003: Piper PA24250 (N7401P), Lancaster, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] on 6/17/2003 N7401P had a right main gear failure while landing at fox field Lancaster, CA. The pilot mr. Douglas spark a canadian…
- [Accident 20020421008229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020421008229A), Apr 21, 2002: Piper PA24250 (N7401P), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On April 21, 2002, at 1900 mountain standard time, a Piper PA24-250, N7401P, veered off runway 21R during the landing roll and collapsed the landing gear…

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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