# Incident 19790427100619I: Piper 601PSMITH, Canton, OH, April 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1979, 16:26 local time
- Place: Canton, OH
- Airport: Akron-Canton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9151° N, 81.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON-CANTON RGNL (CAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9151&lon=-81.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78GD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78GD-2024-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 601PSMITH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,000 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/19790427100619I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH HYDRAULIC PUMP WAS SHUT DOWN. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES NOT FOLLOWED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N78GD (2)

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

- [Incident 20230329005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230329005249I), Mar 29, 2023: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (N78GD), Mckinney, TX, Minor damage. On 29 March 2023 at approximately 11:21L [privacy data omitted] attempted to takeoff from runway 18 at Mckinney national airport. After takeoff, the pilot in…
- [Incident 19880517057289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517057289I), May 17, 1988: Piper PA60601P (N78GD), Youngstown, OH, Minor damage. On landing rollout,left main scissors broke letting wheel pivot. Veered off runway into ditch where gears collapsed

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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