# Accident 19781010033159A: Piper PA24400, Santa Rosa, CA, October 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1978
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7773P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7773P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 225 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781010033159A

## Narrative

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

POWER FAILURE DUE TO MAGNETO GROUNDING, ASSIGN QCFLAG EQ 0101

## 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 OAK79FVD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVD02), Oct 10, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N7773P), Santa Rosa, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7773P (2)

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

- [Incident 19950820035049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950820035049I), Aug 20, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N7773P), El Paso, TX, Minor damage. Bounced landing twice. Began go around. Retracted gear but settled off side of runway gear intransit.
- [Incident 19850818074519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850818074519I), Aug 18, 1985: Piper PA24250 (N7773P), Los Angeles, CA. After climbing to VFR on top, pilot cancelled IFR.aircraft entered tca without clearance. Vectors given to airport.

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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