# Accident 19780106000079A: Piper PA24400, Campbellsville, KY, January 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1978
- Place: Campbellsville, KY
- Airport: Taylor County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.3583° N, 85.3094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAYLOR COUNTY (AAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3583&lon=-85.3094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8791P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8791P-1978-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 622 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FLQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FLQ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780106000079A

## Narrative

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

PLT ATTEMPTED LDG IN FOG.

## 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 IAD78FLQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FLQ07), Jan 6, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N8791P), Campbellsville, KY, destroyed

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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