# Accident 19790321009669A: Piper PA22135, Hico, TX, March 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Hico, TX
- Airport: Laughton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9851° N, 98.0284° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hico, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9851&lon=-98.0284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3214B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790321009669A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO STOP ON WET RUNWAY,PILOT ABORTED LANDING. STRUCK FENCE ON GO AROUND.

## 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 FTW79DPD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD10), Mar 21, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N3214B), Hico, TX, 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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