# Accident 19781215042079A: Piper PA28180, Texarkana, AR, December 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1978
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Airport: Webb Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.4418° N, 94.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Texarkana, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4418&lon=-94.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6902J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6902J-1979-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 5 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781215042079A

## Narrative

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

PLT WORKED NORMAL DAY SHIFT,FLEW TO PICK UP ACFT,FLEW 3/4HR PICK AMILY BFR FLYING 4 1/2HR FLT.

## 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 FTW79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA024), Dec 15, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N6902J), Texarkana, AR, destroyed, 3 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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