# Accident 19780105003519A: Piper PA15, Cherokee, NC, January 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1978
- Place: Cherokee, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.4859° N, 83.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cherokee, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4859&lon=-83.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4659H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4659H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-15 (registry code 7101502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 224 total, 62 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DKM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780105003519A

## Narrative

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

UN OUTCLIMB SURROUNDING TERRAIN.

## 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 IAD78DKM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM04), Jan 5, 1978: Piper PA-15 (N4659H), Cherokee, NC, destroyed

## Other reports on N4659H (1)

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

- [Accident 20081130854289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081130854289A), Nov 30, 2008: Piper PA15 (N4659H), Pleasanton, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The airplane was started by hand with the tail tied by a rope. The rope broke and the pilot could not hold it. The airplane struck left wing of adjacent…

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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