# Incident 19781111021259I: Piper PA34200, Philadelphia, PA, November 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1978, 01:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.9523° N, 75.1638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9523&lon=-75.1638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41494, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41494-1991-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 500 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/19781111021259I

## Narrative

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

BRAKE FAILED DURING TAXI, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N41494 (1)

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

- [Accident 19750712026369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750712026369A), Jul 12, 1975: Piper PA34200 (N41494), Hinckley, IL, Substantial damage. Acft slid off end of rwy l gr hit one ft hi mound of dirt.

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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