# Incident 19780206006139I: Piper PA23250, Lancaster, OH, February 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1978, 09:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, OH
- Airport: Fairfield Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7556° N, 82.6571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRFIELD COUNTY (LHQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7556&lon=-82.6571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5693Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5693Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,614 total, 37 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/19780206006139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF, ABORTED. ENDED UP IN A SNOWBANK

## Other reports on N5693Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20040425008379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040425008379I), Apr 25, 2004: Piper PA23250 (N5693Y), Cortland, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at approximately 0830 EST, a Piper PA-23-250, N56934, departed canandaigua, NY airport (D38) enroute to turner falls, ma (0B5)…

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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