# Incident 19780708043079I: Piper PA32260, Kirksville, MO, July 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1978, 11:15 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Airport: Clarence Cannon M
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1982° N, 92.5746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kirksville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1982&lon=-92.5746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3209W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3209W-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 25 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/19780708043079I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY AFTER TOUCHDOWN. BROKEN NOSE WHEEL LOCKED AGAINST THE FORK. CLEVELAND 38501.

## Other reports on N3209W (2)

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

- [Accident 19801111066349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801111066349A), Nov 11, 1980: Piper PA32260 (N3209W), Green City, MO, Substantial damage. Landed on wet grass runway. Unable to stop, went through fence and into trees at end of runway.
- [Accident 19790930024419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930024419A), Sep 30, 1979: Piper PA32260 (N3209W), Green City, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot struck a tree and fencepost while landing at night on a 2000' strip.

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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