# Accident 19790412025869A: Piper PA32RT300, Carrizozo, NM, April 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1979, 09:45 local time
- Place: Carrizozo, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.6433° N, 105.8411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrizozo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6433&lon=-105.8411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6309C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6309C-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,923 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790412025869A

## Narrative

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

HIT MOUNTAIN SIDE. LOW CLOUDS,BLOWING SNOW,SEVERE TURBULENCE. IFR RATED PILOT PROCEEDED VFR BELOW MINIMUM ALTITUDE.

## 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 DEN79FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA036), Apr 12, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N6309C), Carrizozo, NM, destroyed, 3 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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