# Accident 19780326004689A: Piper PA32300, Summerville, SC, March 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1978
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Summerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.0623° N, 80.2809° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUMMERVILLE (DYB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0623&lon=-80.2809&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1104X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1104X-1980-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 277 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DLG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326004689A

## Narrative

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

A/C STRUCK TEL POLE STUB WITH RT MAIN MOUNT ON RAMP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA78DLG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLG15), Mar 26, 1978: Piper PA32 (N1104X), Summerville, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1104X (1)

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

- [Accident 19781108042149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781108042149A), Nov 8, 1978: Piper PA32300 (N1104X), Melfa, VA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Recovery date 11/13/78.

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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