# Incident 19780223000979I: Piper PA28/, Cadiz, KY, February 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1978, 12:30 local time
- Place: Cadiz, KY
- Airport: Woodruff
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8626° N, 87.8166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cadiz, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8626&lon=-87.8166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5343T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5343T-1994-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 180 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/19780223000979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY WITH SNOW AND ICE PATCHES, COLLAPSED NOSEGEAR.

## Other reports on N5343T (1)

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

- [Accident 19921226051809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921226051809A), Dec 26, 1992: Piper PA28R200 (N5343T), New Port Richey, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Powerline guide wire trying to make VOR approach to airport. VOR approach notamed out prior. Afs did not advise.

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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