# Incident 19960810038579I: Piper PA28161, Dayton, OH, August 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: James M Cox Dayton International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9023° N, 84.2194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAMES M COX DAYTON INTL (DAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9023&lon=-84.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84400, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84400) (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: 131 total, 131 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960810038579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A CROSS COUNTRY THE AIRMAN OPERATED A PIPER PA 28-161, N84400, THROUGH DAYTON, CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHOUT ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH DAYTON, ATC. AIRMAN IS RECEPTIVE TO AND HAS ACCEPTED REMEDIAL ACTION.

## Other reports on N84400 (2)

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

- [Incident 19990426020319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990426020319I), Apr 26, 1999: Piper PA28161 (N84400), Leesburg, VA, Minor damage. Airplane departed left side of runway on takeoff in gusty cross wind.
- [Accident 19840422016349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840422016349A), Apr 22, 1984: Piper PA28161 (N84400), Gaithersburg, MD, Substantial damage. Low on fuel diverted to closer airport. Was unable to pin down LOC signal. Out of fuel on radar assist vectors.

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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