# Accident 19781204036459A: Piper PA28R180, Chattanooga, OK, December 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1978
- Place: Chattanooga, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Traffic Pattern
- Location: 34.4239° N, 98.6540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chattanooga, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4239&lon=-98.6540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3887T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3887T-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 779 total, 160 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781204036459A

## 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 FTW79DPJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPJ03), Dec 4, 1978: Piper PA-28R (N3887T), Chattanooga, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3887T (1)

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

- [Incident 20100613035889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100613035889I), Jun 13, 2010: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3887T), Grain Valley, MO, Minor damage. The aircraft landed gear-up on runway 27. The pilot in command made contact with the Kansas city FSDO and informed the office that the landing gear had…

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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