# Incident 19781119026319I: Piper PA28151, Talladega, AL, November 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Talladega, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4318° N, 86.0995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talladega, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4318&lon=-86.0995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32186 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 58 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/19781119026319I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE TAXIING. HAD SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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