# Accident 19790227003789A: Piper PA32260, Farmington, MO, February 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Farmington, MO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7825° N, 90.4273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7825&lon=-90.4273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4878S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4878S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-E4B5 (registry code 42342, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-e4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 5 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790227003789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HIT A PATCH OF SNOW ON RUNWAY, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

## 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 MKC79FCA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA10), Feb 27, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N4878S), Farmington, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4878S (2)

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

- [Incident 19880812044189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880812044189I), Aug 12, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N4878S), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Plane porpoised down runway. Damage to nose gear. Appears lack of competence was the cause
- [Accident 19880702025029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702025029A), Jul 2, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N4878S), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impacts broke off the nose gear. Aircraft then skidded off the runway.

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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