# Incident 19790814031179I: Piper PA28R200, Laporte, TX, August 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Laporte, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6674° N, 95.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Porte, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6674&lon=-95.0491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4504X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4504X-2019-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 6 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/19790814031179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO WATER COVERED HOLE AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N4504X (3)

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

- [Accident 20170212000929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170212000929A), Feb 12, 2017: Piper PA-28R-200 (N4504X), Cedar Key, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On February 12, 2017, at approximately 11:06 et (16:06 z), a Piper PA-28R-200, N4504X, registered to "flying arrow LLC" (tampa, FL), impacted the gulf of…
- [Incident 20050905022109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905022109I), Sep 5, 2005: Piper PA28R200 (N4504X), Dunnellon, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported electrical system failure. He decided to land at dunellon instead of returning to brooksville, FL. Pilot reported that he used the…
- [Accident 19770821024999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770821024999A), Aug 21, 1977: Piper PA28R200 (N4504X), Natchez, MS, Substantial damage

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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