# Accident 19790504008449A: Piper PA32260, Furnace Creek, CA, May 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1979, 19:20 local time
- Place: Furnace Creek, CA
- Airport: Furnace Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4605° N, 116.8798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FURNACE CREEK (L06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4605&lon=-116.8798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5584J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5584J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,026 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVW13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVW13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790504008449A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT DUSK. DID NOT KNOW THE FIRST 2000 FEET WERE UNUSABLE. MARKINGS ON RUNWAY NOT VISIBLE AT DUSK.

## 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 OAK79DVW13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVW13), May 4, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N5584J), Furnace Creek, 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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