# Accident 19790516020849A: Piper PA28180, Patterson, LA, May 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1979, 07:20 local time
- Place: Patterson, LA
- Airport: Williams
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6909° N, 91.3095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patterson, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6909&lon=-91.3095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9301J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9301J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRD29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790516020849A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING IN CROSSWIND, BALLOONED. DRIFTED TO EDGE OF RWY. HIT LIGHT. FLIPPED 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 FTW79FRD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRD29), May 16, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9301J), Patterson, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9301J (1)

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

- [Accident 19731027034939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731027034939A), Oct 27, 1973: Piper PA28180 (N9301J), Rockford, IL, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on wet sod,slid into ditch

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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