# Accident 19780817024089A: Piper PA28140, Panama City, FL, August 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1978
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama Cty-Bay Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1265T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1265T-2011-07-07) (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 PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,318 total, 136 in this make and model, 356 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78DKJ76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKJ76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780817024089A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MIA78DKJ76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKJ76), Aug 17, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N1265T), Panama City, FL, substantial damage

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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