# Incident 19781027027399I: Piper PA28180, Iowa City, IA, October 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1978, 23:00 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6557° N, 91.5309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iowa City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6557&lon=-91.5309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7909W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7909W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 35 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/19781027027399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT JUMP STARTED HIS AIRPLANE, GOT OUT TO REMOVE CABLES. AIRPLANE DISSAPPEARED INTO THE DARKNESS, HIT A TREE.

## Other reports on N7909W (2)

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

- [Incident 20170415012959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170415012959I), Apr 15, 2017: Piper PA-28-180 (N7909W), Martha'S Vineya, MA, Minor damage. Received statement from pilot. The aircraft was owned and privately operated under 14 CFR part 91. This was the aircraft's first flight of the day. This flight…
- [Incident 19920201001609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920201001609I), Feb 1, 1992: Piper PA28180 (N7909W), Destin, FL, Minor damage. Flooded engine trying restart engine on taxi to runway. Had left boost pump on. Backfire caused carburetor fire.

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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