# Accident 19790217020442A: Piper PA28181, 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: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second 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: N47378, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47378-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 501 total, 35 in this make and model, 84 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/19790217020442A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND FLT. INSTRUCTOR ON FINAL WERE STRUCK FROM REAR BY ANOTHER ACFT TURNING FINAL. (OTHER AFT N3893M)

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3893M, Piper PA28161: [Accident 19790217020441A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217020441A)

## 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 (N47378), Logan, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N47378 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780809036489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809036489A), Aug 9, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N47378), Denver,Co, CO, Substantial damage. Substantial dmg to PA-31,N59972.

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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