# Incident 19790602028879I: Piper PA20, Dillsburg, PA, June 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Dillsburg, PA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1115° N, 77.0325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1115&lon=-77.0325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8684C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8684C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790602028879I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON INTERSTATE. REASON FOR LANDING NOT KNOWN.

## Other reports on N8684C (1)

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

- [Incident 19901022063229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901022063229I), Oct 22, 1990: Piper PA20135 (N8684C), Rhinebeck, NY. Dropped a pumpkin while making a low pass over airport. Pumpkin went through wing of a parked aircraft.

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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