# Accident 19790501008019A: Piper PA22, Brentwood, CA, May 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1979, 18:05 local time
- Place: Brentwood, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9356° N, 121.7190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brentwood, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9356&lon=-121.7190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N931A-2013-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total, 284 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790501008019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON A SOFT DIRT STRIP AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 OAK79DVD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD28), May 1, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N931A), Brentwood, CA, substantial damage

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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