# Accident 19780826025079A: Piper PA32RT300, Timberon, NM, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978
- Place: Timberon, NM
- Airport: Timberon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 32.6341° N, 105.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TIMBERON (E02), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6341&lon=-105.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5544F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5544F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D (registry code 41598, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 41 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FQD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQD33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826025079A

## Narrative

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

WT & BAL INFO NOT AVAILABLE. DA APPROX 10700FT.

## 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 DEN78FQD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQD33), Aug 26, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N5544F), Timberon, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5544F (1)

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

- [Accident 20190321014979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190321014979A), Mar 21, 2019: Piper PA-32R-300 (N5544F), Atmautluak, AK, Substantial damage. Airman was back taxing a PA-32R-300 on runway 33 at Atmautluak airport in Alaska. The airman hit a pot hole that was covered with snow. According to the airman…

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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