# Accident 19790513010459A: Piper L4, Smith River, CA, May 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Smith River, CA
- Airport: Ship-A-Shore
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9363° N, 124.1894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Ship Ashore Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9363&lon=-124.1894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8358H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8358H-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790513010459A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE ONE FOOT HIGH GRASS. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THREE FEET HIGH. ACFT NOSED OVER.

## 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 OAK79DVD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVD26), May 13, 1979: Piper L-4B (N8358H), Smith River, CA, 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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