# Accident 19790522010349A: Piper PA28140, Berwick, PA, May 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Berwick, PA
- Airport: Berwick
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0695° N, 76.2163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Berwick Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0695&lon=-76.2163&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8730N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 323 total, 97 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FHA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHA14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790522010349A

## Narrative

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

TAKE OFF MADE DOWNWIND WITH FULL LOAD ON SHORT SOD RUNWAY.UNABLE TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS.

## 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 NYC79FHA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHA14), May 22, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N8730N), Berwick, PA, 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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