# Accident 19781225038819A: Piper PA28140, Denver City, TX, December 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1978
- Place: Denver City, TX
- Airport: Denver City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.9747° N, 102.8451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER CITY (E57), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9747&lon=-102.8451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33073, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33073-1981-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 12 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781225038819A

## Narrative

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

OVER MAX GROSS WT BY 4LBS.

## 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 FTW79FQG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG12), Dec 25, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N33073), Denver City, TX, destroyed

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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