# Incident 19781021029259I: Piper PA28235, Mcminnville, OR, October 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1978, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mcminnville, OR
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2110° N, 123.1918° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McMinnville, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2110&lon=-123.1918&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8542N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8542N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 265 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/19781021029259I

## Narrative

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

ZZD PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N8542N (1)

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

- [Accident 19810729050409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810729050409A), Jul 29, 1981: Piper PA28235 (N8542N), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Gust of wind struck airplane on liftoff. Wing hit ground, airplane cartwheeled and crashed.

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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