# Accident 19781227044149A: Piper PA28140, Bennington, VT, December 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1978
- Place: Bennington, VT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 42.8711° N, 73.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8711&lon=-73.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6476J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6476J-1982-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 61 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DNC14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DNC14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227044149A

## Narrative

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

DURING WEATHER BRIEFING PLT ADVISED OF MARGINAL VFR CODT ALONG ROOF FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC79DNC14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DNC14), Dec 27, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N6476J), Bennington, VT, 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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