# Accident 19790504009349A: Piper PA44180, Kernville, CA, May 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1979, 16:46 local time
- Place: Kernville, CA
- Airport: Kern Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.7282° N, 118.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KERN VALLEY (L05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7282&lon=-118.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2160E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2160E-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,422 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790504009349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND, HAD A ROUGH ENGINE. ATTEMPTED LANDING RESULTED IN CRASH. NO ENGINE MALFUNCTION FOUND

## 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 LAX79FVA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA31), May 4, 1979: Piper PA-44 (N2160E), Kernville, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2160E (1)

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

- [Accident 19950927030209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950927030209A), Sep 27, 1995: Piper PA44180 (N2160E), Columbia, SC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into trees short of runway on a IFR ILS approach. Factors night fog and low ceiling. Safety pilot on board.

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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