# Accident 19790329006299A: Piper PA32S300, San Diego, CA, March 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312AG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N312AG-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32S-300 (registry code 7103214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32s-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32S300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 20 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK79X0109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK79X0109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790329006299A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.

## 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 UNK79X0109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK79X0109), Mar 29, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N312AG), San Diego, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N312AG (1)

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

- [Accident 20081109851929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081109851929A), Nov 9, 2008: Piper PA32S300 (N312AG), Forest Falls, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On November 29, 2008, at approximately 1126 pacific standard time, aircraft impacted side of a mountain in san bernardino mountain range, near Forest…

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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