# Accident 19790217020441A: Piper PA28161, Logan, UT, February 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Logan, UT
- Airport: Logan Cache
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7918° N, 111.8516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOGAN-CACHE (LGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7918&lon=-111.8516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3893M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3893M-2005-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,856 total, 105 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217020441A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ON FINAL WITH STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR STRUCK THE EMPENNAGE OF ANOTHER ACFT (N47378) ALSO ON FINAL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N47378, Piper PA28181: [Accident 19790217020442A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217020442A)

## 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 DEN79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA022), Feb 17, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N3893M), Logan, UT, minor damage, 1 fatal

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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