# Accident 19790321025629A: Piper PA28151, Homestead, FL, March 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1979, 20:02 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5344F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5344F-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 4 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA036-136323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790321025629A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO THE GROUND WHILE TURNING FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL. DARK NIGHT. NO GROUND LIGHTS. UNSKILLED PILOT.

## 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 MIA79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA036-136323), Mar 21, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5344F), Homestead, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N5344F (1)

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

- [Incident 19780627035429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780627035429I), Jun 27, 1978: Piper PA28151 (N5344F), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. Pilot landed long, unable to stop on the airport.

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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