# Accident 19790202011639A: Piper PA28180, Bayse, VA, February 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bayse, VA
- Airport: Sky Bryce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8154° N, 78.7708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY BRYCE (VG18), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8154&lon=-78.7708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9779J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 3 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FIA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790202011639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ACFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE AND HIT THE GROUND LEFT OF THE RUNWAY IN A CREEK BED.

## 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 IAD79FIA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIA06), Feb 2, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9779J), Bayse, VA, 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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