# Incident 19780115003119I: Piper PA28140, Mulberry, FL, January 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1978, 11:45 local time
- Place: Mulberry, FL
- Airport: Circle X
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9054° N, 81.9883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mulberry, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9054&lon=-81.9883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2865T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2865T-1995-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 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/19780115003119I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND DRIFTED LEFT STRIKING A TREE

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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