# Accident 19790519010689A: Piper PA20, Radium, KS, May 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Radium, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1738° N, 98.8945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Radium, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1738&lon=-98.8945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7798K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7798K-1980-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,943 total, 510 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519010689A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW LOW OVER RESIDENCE. ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE INTO 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 MKC79FCQ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ23), May 19, 1979: Piper PA-20 (N7798K), Radium, KS, 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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