# Accident 19790324008059A: Piper PA28181, Sacramento, CA, March 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1979, 11:05 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7931C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7931C-1981-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 5 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790324008059A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED BEHIND A UNITED 727. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ROCK BACK AND FORTH AND DIVE TO THE GROUND.

## 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 OAK79FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FA021), Mar 24, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N7931C), Sacramento, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N7931C (1)

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

- [Accident 19760402011489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760402011489A), Apr 2, 1976: Piper PA28181 (N7931C), Healdsburg, CA, Substantial damage. Hi speed turn off rwy onto parallel taxiway. Hit brush & rolled dwn bank.

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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