# Incident 19780202005609I: Piper PA32R300, Centre Hall, PA, February 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1978, 18:30 local time
- Place: Centre Hall, PA
- Airport: Penns Cave
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.8899° N, 77.6031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENNS CAVE (N74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8899&lon=-77.6031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5692V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5692V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,072 total, 28 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/19780202005609I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF FROM ICY RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5692V (1)

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

- [Incident 19950716023029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950716023029I), Jul 16, 1995: Piper PA32R300 (N5692V), Fort Meade, MD, Minor damage. Electrical failure en route. Selected gear down at ft Meade. Failed to check,tried go around too late. Lacked AFM inf

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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