# Incident 19810325019939I: Piper PA28140, Berkeley Spring, WV, March 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Berkeley Spring, WV
- Airport: Potomac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6270° N, 78.2272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berkeley Springs, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6270&lon=-78.2272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6978W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6978W-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 180 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325019939I

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL ON TOUCHDOWN ROLLOUT DUE TO WIND. RAN OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6978W (1)

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

- [Accident 20201218020679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201218020679A), Dec 18, 2020: Piper PA-28-140 (N6978W), Tampa, FL, Destroyed. On December 18, 2020, at 1320 EST, a Piper PA-28-140, N6978W, registered to [privacy data omitted], collided with a power line pole after losing engine power…

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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