# Accident 19781202042019A: Piper PA28140, Watertown, NY, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978
- Place: Watertown, NY
- Airport: Watertown International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 43.9918° N, 76.0194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERTOWN INTL (ART), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9918&lon=-76.0194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7213F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7213F-2012-08-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 268 total, 76 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DFA04|NYC79FFA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DFA04%7CNYC79FFA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202042019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.33 .

## 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 NYC79DFA04|NYC79FFA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DFA04%7CNYC79FFA04), Dec 2, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N7213F), Watertown, NY, substantial damage

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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