# Incident 19780312015959I: Piper PA28140, Orange, TX, March 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1978, 18:45 local time
- Place: Orange, TX
- Airport: Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1235° N, 93.7545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1235&lon=-93.7545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3997K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3997K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19780312015959I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO LAND, BOUNCED. PILOT AWOKE, ABLE TO MAKE 90 AROUND & LAND.

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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