# Incident 19780908018449I: Piper PA28161, Teterboro, NJ, September 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1978, 19:51 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8546° N, 74.0596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Teterboro, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8546&lon=-74.0596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1306H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1306H-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19780908018449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN IFR CONDITIONS WITHOUT PERMISSION.

## Other reports on N1306H (1)

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

- [Accident 19820205004279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820205004279A), Feb 5, 1982: Piper PA28161 (N1306H), Miami, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot reported out of fuel and ditching in ocean 100 miles south of bimini. Pilot's body washed ashore in raft.

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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