# Incident 19790104002599I: Piper PA32/, Ottawa, IL, January 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1979, 21:30 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.3540° N, 88.8234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottawa, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3540&lon=-88.8234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3884W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3884W-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 120 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/19790104002599I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING ROLLOUT ON SNOW PACKED RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N3884W (2)

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

- [Incident 19840827056149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840827056149I), Aug 27, 1984: Piper PA32260 (N3884W), Sparrevohn, AK, Minor damage. Pilot made landing at night on unlighted runway and aircraft hit runway lights.
- [Accident 19820909048669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820909048669A), Sep 9, 1982: Piper PA32260 (N3884W), Naknek, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off end of runway and crashed after pilot aborted takeoff.

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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