# Incident 19790528028229I: Piper PA28/, South Lake Taho, CA, May 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1979, 14:10 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9282° N, 119.9810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Lake Tahoe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9282&lon=-119.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33570, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33570-2013-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790528028229I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO DOWNDRAFT, RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N33570 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760728020919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760728020919A), Jul 28, 1976: Piper PA28140 (N33570), Chico, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft stolen,pilot unidentified. Injury index presumed.

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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