# Incident 19781006031279I: Piper PA28R201T, Vancouver, WA, October 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1978, 18:00 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Clark Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6387° N, 122.6615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vancouver, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6387&lon=-122.6615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47632, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47632) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 25 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/19781006031279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING TO RUNWAY END FOR TAKEOFF, CLIPPED FENCE POST ON TURN AROUND, APPLIED HARD BRAKING, NOSED UP.

## Other reports on N47632 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811015077299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811015077299I), Oct 15, 1981: Piper PA28R201T (N47632), Gold Beach, OR. Pilot forced to land when engine failed due to loss of oil supply because of unsecured tank cap.

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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