# Accident 19781014030909A: Piper PA28180, CA, October 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1978
- Place: CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Aircraft: N8081W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8081W-1982-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 132 total, 98 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781014030909A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8081W (2)

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

- [Accident 19740111000419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740111000419A), Jan 11, 1974: Piper PA28180 (N8081W), Vancouver, WA. Non-occpnt strck in head by prop while hand-propng eng drg compression stroke,switches off.
- [Accident 19730210004829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730210004829A), Feb 10, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N8081W), Oregon City, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced and drifted off rwy into bushes.

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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