# Incident 19781210024199I: Piper PA28/, Niles, MI, December 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1978, 16:00 local time
- Place: Niles, MI
- Airport: Jerry Tyler Memor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8345° N, 86.2479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Niles, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8345&lon=-86.2479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4798Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4798Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 70 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/19781210024199I

## Narrative

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

WHEELS LOCKED UP AFTER SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS DUE TO SNOW PACKED IN THE WHEEL PANTS.

## Other reports on N4798Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20120904018879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120904018879A), Sep 4, 2012: Piper PA-22-108 (N4798Z), Lewiston, ID, Substantial damage. Pilot was conducting a cross country plane trip. After two earlier flights in the day the pilot took off and the left main landing gear tire fell off after…
- [Incident 19810125007699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125007699I), Jan 25, 1981: Piper PA22108 (N4798Z), Vermillion, OH, Minor damage. Engine malfunction caused forced landing on lake ice. Damaged nose cowl, prop and collapsed nose gear.

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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