# Accident 19790605033849A: Piper PA22160, Red Lick, MS, June 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1979, 12:07 local time
- Place: Red Lick, MS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7924° N, 90.9793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Lick, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7924&lon=-90.9793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9560D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9560D-2009-09-17) (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 PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8,815 total, 160 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790605033849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT TREE TOPS NEAR DEPARTURE END OF RWY AFTER TAKEOFF. FACT; HOT DAY, LIGHT WIND, SHORT RWY, 40 FT 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 MIA79FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA092), Jun 5, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N9560D), Redlick, MS, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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