# Accident 19790215002989A: Piper PA28140, Rogers, AR, February 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1979, 09:23 local time
- Place: Rogers, AR
- Airport: Rogers
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3320° N, 94.1185° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rogers, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3320&lon=-94.1185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6482R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6482R-1997-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790215002989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS,CRASHED TRYING TO RETURN FOR LANDING.

## 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 FTW79FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA047), Feb 15, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N6482R), Rogers, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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