# Accident 19781116035109A: Piper PA28140, Sarasota, FL, November 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1978
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradento
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702FL-1982-03-01) (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: 31 total, 6 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781116035109A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA79DLD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD17), Nov 16, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N702FL), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N702FL (1)

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

- [Accident 19811029071039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811029071039A), Oct 29, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N702FL), Swainsboro, GA, Substantial damage. Landed nose wheel first. Lost control of wheel barrowling aircraft. Ran off runway into a tree.

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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