# Accident 19790512011689A: Piper PA34200, Ramona, CA, May 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56936, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56936-2012-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,304 total, 0 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790512011689A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MADE A HARD LANDING. PILOT CLAIMS WIND GUSTS WERE A FACTOR. WIND 10 KTS GUSTS TO 12.

## 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 LAX79DUM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUM16), May 12, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N56936), Ramona, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56936 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810101004429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810101004429A), Jan 1, 1981: Piper PA34200 (N56936), El Cajon, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Unqualified boy attempted takeoff in stolen twin-engine aircraft. Aircraft crashed & burned during takeoff.

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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