# Incident 19780918019679I: Piper PA18, Chesterfield, VA, September 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1978, 15:00 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3771° N, 77.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3771&lon=-77.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4378Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4378Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 50 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/19780918019679I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT FLARED TOO HIGH. ABRUPT POWER APPLICATION BY STUDENT. ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER LATE.

## Other reports on N4378Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20010511008289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010511008289I), May 11, 2001: Piper PA18150 (N4378Z), Talkeetna, AK, Minor damage. (-23)On may 11, 2001, at 2000 hours adt, [privacy data omitted] the pilot of Piper PA-18-150 aircraft, N4378Z, landed at Talkeetna state airport on a pleasure…

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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