# Accident 19790320004989A: Piper PA32300, New Castle, PA, March 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1979, 12:15 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9941° N, 80.3455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Castle, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9941&lon=-80.3455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56953 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 160 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FGM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGM19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790320004989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING, BOUNCED. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.

## 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 NYC79FGM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGM19), Mar 20, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N56953), New Castle, PA, substantial damage

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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