# Accident 19790123001419A: Piper PA31, Dodge City, KS, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 03:55 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,728 total, 1,015 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790123001419A

## Narrative

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

ON VOR APPROACH,HIT GROUND 3 MILES SHORT OF AIRPORT. WENT 390 FT BELOW MDA.POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR.

## 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 MKC79FCQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ11), Jan 23, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N23L), Dodge City, KS, 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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