# Accident 19790128001769A: Piper PA28161, Ottawa, KS, January 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1979, 19:35 local time
- Place: Ottawa, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5982° N, 95.2628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottawa, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5982&lon=-95.2628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9356C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9356C-1988-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 2 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCG24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790128001769A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT LANDING. RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED BUT SNOW HAD DRIFTED ONTO RUNWAY. HIT SNOW DRIFT & LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## 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 MKC79FCG24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG24), Jan 28, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9356C), Ottawa, 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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