# Accident 19790807043799A: Piper PA25260, Bridgeport, NJ, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 11:05 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, NJ
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 39.8009° N, 75.3469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8009&lon=-75.3469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9783P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807043799A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC79FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA073), Aug 7, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N9783P), Bridgeport, NJ, 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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