# Incident 19781008029879I: Piper 600ASMITH, Stevensville, MD, October 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1978, 18:37 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Airport: Baybridge
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9765° N, 76.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAY BRIDGE (W29), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9765&lon=-76.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139TS-1989-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 600ASMITH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,120 total, 0 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/19781008029879I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD MISUNDERSTANDING WITH ATC REGARDING DEPARTURE CLEARANCE. CONTROLLER USED NON STANDARD PHRAZEOLOGY.

## Other reports on N139TS (1)

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

- [Accident 19830829044749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830829044749A), Aug 29, 1983: Piper PA60600A (N139TS), Florala, AL, Destroyed. Pilot aborted takeoff due to a surging engine. Lost control by abrupt brake and power use. Hit a culvert off runway

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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