# Accident 19790327013889A: Piper PA34200T, Lander, WY, March 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1979, 16:04 local time
- Place: Lander, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.8309° N, 108.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lander, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8309&lon=-108.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2257M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2257M-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 550 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790327013889A

## Narrative

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

NO WEATHER CHECK, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, SEVERE TURBULENCE, SNOW SHOWERS IN AREA OF FLIGHT. HIT MOUNTAIN SIDE.

## 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 DEN79FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA033), Mar 27, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N2257M), Lander, WY, destroyed, 4 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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