# Accident 19780412008799A: Piper PA34200, Lakeland, FL, April 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1978
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Mc Collum
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 28.1527° N, 81.8805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McCollum Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1527&lon=-81.8805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55296, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55296-1994-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,060 total, 8 in this make and model, 239 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DLD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLD33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780412008799A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA78DLD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DLD33), Apr 12, 1978: Piper PA-34 (N55296), Lakeland, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N55296 (1)

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

- [Accident 19920424011119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920424011119A), Apr 24, 1992: Piper PA34200 (N55296), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Reported brake failure on landing. Ran off runway into a fence. Found brakes worn out. Log says overhauled in March

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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