# Incident 19781125024619I: Piper PA32/, Baton Rouge, LA, November 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1978, 20:50 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Ryan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4507° N, 91.1546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baton Rouge, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4507&lon=-91.1546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3028A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3028A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 50 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/19781125024619I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED PERMISSION TO LAND WITHOUT RADIO. TAXIED INTO CONSTRUCTION AREA. DAMAGE TO PROP.

## Other reports on N3028A (1)

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

- [Incident 20180623008489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180623008489I), Jun 23, 2018: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N3028A), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft took off from casa grande and the nose gear would not come up or down. Aircraft landed at chd airport and the nose gear collapsed and the cowl and…

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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