# Accident 19780625015429A: Piper PA28R180, Smith Center, KS, June 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1978
- Place: Smith Center, KS
- Airport: Smith Center
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.7626° N, 98.7945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH CENTER MUNI (K82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7626&lon=-98.7945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3850T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3850T-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 44 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DCQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCQ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625015429A

## 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 MKC78DCQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCQ28), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA-28R (N3850T), Smith Center, KS, substantial damage

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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