# Accident 19790505013049A: Piper PA28180, Hagerstown, IN, May 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, IN
- Airport: Hagerstown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8892° N, 85.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAGERSTOWN (I61), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8892&lon=-85.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15425, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15425-2008-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,048 total, 260 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEX29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEX29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790505013049A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING SHORT FIELD LANDING MADE IMPROPER LEVEL OFF AND CRASHED ON RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI79DEX29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEX29), May 5, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N15425), Hagertown, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15425 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070826019889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070826019889A), Aug 26, 2007: Piper PA28180 (N15425), Hagerstown, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) August 26, 2007 a Piper cherokee, PA-28-180, N15425 attempted a maximum gross weight take-off from runway 20, a wet 4000 foot grass runway, located in…

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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