# Incident 19790128002679I: Piper PA24250, Torrington, WY, January 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Torrington, WY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0631° N, 104.1730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrington, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0631&lon=-104.1730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6638P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6638P-1983-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 521 total, 127 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/19790128002679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON ICY RUNWAY. LEFT MAIN WHEEL MAY HAVE BEEN FROZEN.

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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