# Accident 19790511026619A: Piper PA30, Ball Ground, GA, May 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1979, 22:30 local time
- Place: Ball Ground, GA
- Airport: Cherokee Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3122° N, 84.4221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHEROKEE COUNTY RGNL (CNI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3122&lon=-84.4221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8152Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8152Y-2012-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,222 total, 421 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790511026619A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL IN SEVERE WEATHER, ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND LANDING. RIGHT ENGINE OUT. MADE GO AROUND. HIT TREES.

## 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 MIA79FKG37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKG37), May 11, 1979: Piper PA-30B (N8152Y), Ball Ground, GA, destroyed

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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