# Accident 19781226040889A: Piper PA22, Lakeland, FL, December 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1978
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8943C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8943C-2012-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 160 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781226040889A

## 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 MIA79DLD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD26), Dec 26, 1978: Piper PA-22 (N8943C), Lakeland, FL, destroyed

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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