# Incident 19780901016779I: Piper PA24260, Lansing, MI, September 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1978, 15:45 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9240P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9240P-1991-01-25) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 110 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/19780901016779I

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK POLE WHILE MANEUVERING ON RAMP.

## Other reports on N9240P (1)

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

- [Accident 19890212001969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890212001969A), Feb 12, 1989: Piper PA24260 (N9240P), Julian, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Non IFR rated but filed IFR, flew into a thunderstorm, lost control and broke up in flight.

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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