# Accident 19790309005999A: Piper PA32300, Indian River Co, FL, March 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Indian River Co, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6965° N, 80.5741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indian River County, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6965&lon=-80.5741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2114C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2114C-1989-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,418 total, 17 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790309005999A

## Narrative

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

SPIN CHUTE FAILED TO RELEASE ON TEST FLIGHT. PILOT BAILED OUT AT TOO LOW ALTITUDE.

## 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 MIA79FLD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD48), Mar 9, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N2114C), Vero Beach, FL, destroyed, 1 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.