# Accident 19781109038659A: Piper PA28180, Riverhead, NY, November 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1978
- Place: Riverhead, NY
- Airport: Riverhead Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.9513° N, 72.6761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverhead, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9513&lon=-72.6761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3990R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3990R-1992-02-04) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 258 total, 258 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FHJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781109038659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT APPROACHED DIRT ROAD ON AIRPORT FOR LANDING AND COLLIDED WIIPE.

## 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 NYC79FHJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ04), Nov 9, 1978: Pipep PA-28 (N3990R), Riverhead, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3990R (1)

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

- [Accident 19750622022142A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750622022142A), Jun 22, 1975: Piper PA28180 (N3990R), Amityvile, NY, Substantial damage. Aftrr 45 deg dept turn,drg clb out,plt heard noise in rear of acft thought cable broke.

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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