# Incident 19781112019509I: Piper PA28140, Howell, MI, November 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Airport: Livingston Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6081° N, 83.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Howell, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6081&lon=-83.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4798F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4798F-1996-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- 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/19781112019509I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY THEN STRUCK A SMALL DITCH WHILE TAXIING.

## Other reports on N4798F (1)

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

- [Accident 19960714026089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714026089A), Jul 14, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N4798F), Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot cancelled his VFR flight plan due to heavy weather en route and returned to his departure airport. He used full flaps during the landing because…

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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