# Incident 19780305016199I: Piper PA28235, White Plains, NY, March 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1978, 12:25 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8624W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8624W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 20 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/19780305016199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N8624W (1)

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

- [Accident 19840508016479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840508016479A), May 8, 1984: Piper PA28235 (N8624W), Touchet, WA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on liftoff. Landed straight ahead, struck a fence off end of strip. Fuel selector was on empty tank.

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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