# Accident 19790506008529A: Namer SNJ4, Painesville, OH, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Painesville, OH
- Airport: Casement
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7336° N, 81.2192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Casement Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7336&lon=-81.2192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5278N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 567 total, 22 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEI22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506008529A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING.

## 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 CHI79FEI22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI22), May 6, 1979: N American SNJ-4 (N5278N), Painesville, OH, 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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