# Accident 19781016032779A: Piper PA28140, Columbia, SC, October 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1978
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6927J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6927J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,533 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781016032779A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED SAFELY AFTER COLLIDING WITH POWERLTNE.

## 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 MIA79FLG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG02), Oct 16, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N6927J), Columbia, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6927J (1)

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

- [Incident 19880901068859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880901068859I), Sep 1, 1988: Piper PA28140 (N6927J), Jackson, MI. Navigating at night mistakenly entered traffic area and landed at wrong airport. Did not contact tower.

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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