# Incident 19780709042959I: Piper PA28/, Orchard, ID, July 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1978, 16:00 local time
- Place: Orchard, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3146° N, 116.0262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orchard, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3146&lon=-116.0262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8543E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8543E) (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 PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19780709042959I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STRUCK A FENCE POST AFTER LANDING AT HIS GRANDFATHERS PRIVATE ROADWAY.

## Other reports on N8543E (2)

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

- [Accident 20221109017419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221109017419A), Nov 9, 2022: Piper PA-28 (N8543E), Allentown, PA, No damage. Allentown, PA (abe): [privacy data omitted], PA28, while parked on the ramp at hangar 9 prior to departure with the engine running, struck an individual with…
- [Incident 20150406003059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150406003059I), Apr 6, 2015: Piper PA-28-140 (N8543E), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Subject flight was an instrument instructional flight with CFII occupying right seat and private pilot occupying left seat. VMC prevailed, winds reported 180…

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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