# Accident 19790216003019A: Piper PA32RT300, Ainsworth, NE, February 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1979, 20:10 local time
- Place: Ainsworth, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5484° N, 99.8575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ainsworth, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5484&lon=-99.8575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2174A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2174A-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 5 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCJ10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790216003019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID HIS LANDING LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. HE LANDED DOWNWIND TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN A SNOWBANK.

## 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 MKC79DCJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCJ10), Feb 16, 1979: Piper PA-32R (N2174A), Ainsworth, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2174A (1)

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

- [Accident 19810125002239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125002239A), Jan 25, 1981: Piper PA32RT300T (N2174A), Webb Lake, MN, Destroyed. Crash occurred during instrument approach on non-approved approach to pilot's private airport.

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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