# Accident 19770828025659A: Piper PA28180, Lima, OH, August 28, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1977
- Place: Lima, OH
- Airport: Allen County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.7407° N, 84.1121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lima, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7407&lon=-84.1121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4782L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4782L-1982-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 6 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770828025659A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING 20K.DRIFTED INTO TREES

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4782L (1)

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

- [Accident 19790409009939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790409009939A), Apr 9, 1979: Piper PA28180 (N4782L), Baytown, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pilot was advised that VFR flight was not recommended. Aircraft flew into the ground in low ceiling and visibility

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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