# Accident 19781222036989A: Piper PA28180, Laurel, MD, December 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1978
- Place: Laurel, MD
- Airport: Suburban
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.9975° N, 77.1099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUBURBAN (5MD9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9975&lon=-77.1099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4472X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4472X-1989-05-02) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FIG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781222036989A

## Narrative

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

TREES OBSTRUCTIING APCH TO RWY.

## 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 IAD79FIG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIG03), Dec 22, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N4472X), Laurel, MD, 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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