# Accident 19790104000269A: Piper PA28140, Chesterfield, VA, January 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1979, 12:20 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3771° N, 77.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3771&lon=-77.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55403, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55403-1980-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FID05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790104000269A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. ACFT HIT TREE ON LANDING. NO REASON FOR ENGINE FAILURE FOUND.

## 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 IAD79FID05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FID05), Jan 4, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N55403), Chesterfield, VA, destroyed

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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