# Incident 19790204005289I: Piper PA32260, Bedford, IN, February 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, IN
- Airport: Grissom
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8602° N, 86.4895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8602&lon=-86.4895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3932W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3932W-2013-08-28) (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 PA32260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 70 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/19790204005289I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N3932W (1)

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

- [Accident 19810214003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810214003949A), Feb 14, 1981: Piper PA32260 (N3932W), Nashville, TN, Destroyed. Engine lost power on base leg. Crashe-landed near end of runway. Engine lacked good maintenance.

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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