# Incident 19790426025069I: Piper PA24250, Northampton, MA, April 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1979, 15:50 local time
- Place: Northampton, MA
- Airport: Lafleur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3251° N, 72.6412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northampton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3251&lon=-72.6412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6706P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6706P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790426025069I

## Narrative

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

COMMERCIAL PILOT LOW ON FINAL APPROACH HIT AN AUTO TRAVELING ON ROAD PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY.

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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