# Accident 19790326012989A: Piper PA28181, Brothers, OR, March 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1979, 19:10 local time
- Place: Brothers, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8137° N, 120.6033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brothers, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8137&lon=-120.6033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1649H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1649H-1982-09-23) (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: 213 total, 12 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790326012989A

## Narrative

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

UNQUALIFIED PILOT FLEW INTO WEATHER, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 SEA79FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA028), Mar 26, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N1649H), Brothers, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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