# Accident 19790507007829A: Piper PA28140, Pomonkey, MD, May 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1979, 14:22 local time
- Place: Pomonkey, MD
- Airport: Maryland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5970° N, 77.0725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARYLAND (2W5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5970&lon=-77.0725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6583W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6583W-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 32 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507007829A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. NO. 3 PISTON WAS BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES. ACFT STRUCK A TREE ON FCD LNDG

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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