# Accident 19781112044439A: Piper PA28161, Jacksonville, FL, November 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1978
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3409Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3409Q-1978-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781112044439A

## Narrative

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

FOUND 1-3-79.NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT ACFT FAILURE FOUND.STUD PLTT CONTROL FOR UNDET REASON.

## 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 MIA79FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA017), Nov 12, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N3409Q), Jacksonville, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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