# Incident 19780410009759I: Piper PA28140, Vale, OR, April 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Vale, OR
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9840° N, 117.2422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vale, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9840&lon=-117.2422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5781F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5781F) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 13 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/19780410009759I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF, APPLIED BRAKES BUT RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5781F (1)

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

- [Accident 20020828023309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020828023309A), Aug 28, 2002: Piper PA28140 (N5781F), Big Creek, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed Big Creek with a tail wind. At lift-off the pilot aborted, running off the runway.

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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