# Incident 19780718043389I: Piper PA28160, Ellington, MO, July 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1978, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ellington, MO
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2369° N, 90.9737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellington, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2369&lon=-90.9737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38490 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 559 total, 50 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/19780718043389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON A 1500 FOOT STRIP, DOWNHILL GRADIENT, NO HEADWIND COMPONENT. DIDN'T GET STOPPED.

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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