# Accident 19780716025239A: Piper PA32RT300, Fort Wayne, IN, July 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1978
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Valhalla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.0019° N, 84.9942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALHALLA (IN91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0019&lon=-84.9942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36754-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 723 total, 10 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DET27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DET27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780716025239A

## 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 CHI78DET27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DET27), Jul 16, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N36754), Fort Wayne, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N36754 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890114007619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890114007619I), Jan 14, 1989: Piper PA32RT300T (N36754), Kemmerer, WY, Minor damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Veered left and hit a snowbank. Minor damage to aircraft.
- [Accident 19800419010419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800419010419A), Apr 19, 1980: Piper PA32RT300 (N36754), New Haven, IN, Substantial damage. Tried to take off downwind on short runway. Unable to lift off. Ran off end of runway.

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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