# Accident 19790318010729A: Piper PA24260, Pierre, SD, March 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1979, 21:00 local time
- Place: Pierre, SD
- Airport: Pierre
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3827° N, 100.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERRE RGNL (PIR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3827&lon=-100.2860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8916P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8916P-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,310 total, 1,472 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FTK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790318010729A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ON EMPTY TANK DURING ILS APPROACH. WOULD NOT START ON FULL TANK. WATER IN FUEL.CRASHED SHORT OF RWY.

## 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 MKC79FTK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTK09), Mar 18, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N8916P), Pierre, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8916P (2)

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

- [Accident 20100121026359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100121026359A), Jan 21, 2010: Piper PA-24-260 (N8916P), Cherokee, IA, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing on runway 18 at ckp. Landed short of the runway breaking the left main landing gear off and folding the nose landing gear under the aircraft.…
- [Accident 19770615017559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770615017559A), Jun 15, 1977: Piper PA24260 (N8916P), Philip, SD, Substantial damage. Intentional gear up landing made on return to apt.

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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