# Accident 19790908043289A: Piper PA18, Warrenton, VA, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 15:05 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7154° N, 77.7976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Warrenton, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7154&lon=-77.7976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8228P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8228P-1981-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908043289A

## Narrative

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

TOW PLANE STRUCK TREES ON GLIDERTOW ON TAKEOFF. FALED TO ASCERTAIN AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE OR AVOID OBSTACLE.

## 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 IAD79FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA076), Sep 8, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N8228P), Warrenton, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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