# Accident 19790531012879A: Piper PA23, Farmersville, TX, May 31, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1979, 20:15 local time
- Place: Farmersville, TX
- Airport: Mullins Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1385° N, 96.3855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mullins Landing Airport (6XS3), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1385&lon=-96.3855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8914D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8914D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 971 total, 971 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790531012879A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF GROUND AFFECT. DELAYED IN ABORTING TAKEOFF.

## 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 FTW79DPA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPA19), May 31, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N8914D), Farmersville, TX, substantial damage

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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