# Accident 19790828025929A: Piper PA28180, Urbanna, VA, August 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Urbanna, VA
- Airport: Rose Gill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6382° N, 76.5759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Urbanna, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6382&lon=-76.5759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4815T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4815T) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 2 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FID29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790828025929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON SHORT FIELD IN HIGH WET GRASS.

## 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 IAD79FID29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID29), Aug 28, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N4815T), Urbanna, VA, 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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