# Accident 19790314004649A: Piper PA28180, Sacramento, CA, March 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Franklin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3040° N, 121.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN FLD (F72), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3040&lon=-121.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7441W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7441W-1985-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,118 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVG23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790314004649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES ON FINAL APPROACH, INST, STUDENT PRACTICING NO FLAP LANDINGS.

## 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 OAK79FVG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVG23), Mar 14, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N7441W), Sacramento, CA, 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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