# Accident 19780915026869A: Piper PA38112, Dayton, OH, September 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1978
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Dayton General
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.7589° N, 84.1916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dayton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7589&lon=-84.1916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4225E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 2 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915026869A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78FEG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEG15), Sep 15, 1978: Piper PA-38 (N4225E), Dayton, OH, 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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