# Accident 19780813026389A: Piper PA36285, Cordele, GA, August 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1978
- Place: Cordele, GA
- Airport: Cordelle
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 31.9561° N, 83.7701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cordele, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9561&lon=-83.7701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59692, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59692-1982-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780813026389A

## 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 MIA78FKG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKG71), Aug 13, 1978: Piper PA-36 (N59692), Cordele, GA, destroyed

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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