# Accident 19790401010039A: Piper PA28161, Green Mt, WA, April 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Green Mt, WA
- Airport: Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8976° N, 122.6696° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAYLOR (3WA0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8976&lon=-122.6696&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30216, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30216-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,055 total, 84 in this make and model, 246 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401010039A

## Narrative

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

LANDED HALFWAY DOWN RUNWAY, MADE GO AROUND. STRUCK FENCE POST DURING CLIMB OUT.

## 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 SEA79DYM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYM24), Apr 1, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N30216), Green Mountain, WA, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N30216 (1)

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

- [Incident 20100913046429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100913046429I), Sep 13, 2010: Piper PA-28-161 (N30216), Waterloo, IA, Minor damage. After landing the engine quit. During the restart, the engine caught fire. The induction fire occurred during an attempt to restart the engine after it quit…

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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