# Accident 19780704030099A: Piper PA28160, Kankakee, IL, July 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1978
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Kankakee
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.1000° N, 87.9167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANKAKEE (3KK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1000&lon=-87.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6116H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6116H-1982-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 75 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704030099A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED W/EDGE OF R/W.RESURFACED R/W IS 1FT ABOVE GRASS AREA OF ORT.

## 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 CHI78FEE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEE50), Jul 4, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N6116H), Kankakee, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6116H (1)

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

- [Accident 19790930037309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930037309A), Sep 30, 1979: Piper PA28161 (N6116H), Orlando, FL, Destroyed. Flew VFR at night into area of no ground lights & heavy rain. Vertical impact indicates loss of control of aircraft

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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