# Accident 19781116041049A: Piper PA24400, Bowie, MD, November 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1978
- Place: Bowie, MD
- Airport: Freeway
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 38.9414° N, 76.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREEWAY (W00), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9414&lon=-76.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6147P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6147P-1981-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,402 total, 223 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781116041049A

## Narrative

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

NOT INST/NITE CURRENT. PILOT-FAILED TO MAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB

## 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 IAD79FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA011), Nov 16, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N6147P), Bowie, MD, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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