# Incident 19780826039199I: Piper PA24260, Mount Morris, IL, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mount Morris, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0483° N, 89.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Morris, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0483&lon=-89.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8666P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8666P-1980-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 14 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/19780826039199I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING ON PREVIOUS FLIGHT DAMAGED MAIN GEAR STRUT PISTON. COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N8666P (1)

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

- [Accident 19781025043979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781025043979A), Oct 25, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N8666P), IL, 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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