# Accident 19790515009449A: Piper PA28140, Fargo, ND, May 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1696H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1696H-2007-11-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 4 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FTG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTG06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790515009449A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF ON TOUCH AND GO,VERRED OFF RUNWAY,STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT.

## 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 MKC79FTG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FTG06), May 15, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N1696H), Fargo, ND, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1696H (1)

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

- [Accident 20070810019899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810019899A), Aug 10, 2007: Piper PA28140 (N1696H), West Bend, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On August 10, 2007, at or about 5:10 am CST, an ELT signal was received by the flight service station. The signal was determined to have come from a…

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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