# Accident 19790606012149A: Piper PA28151, San Carlos, CA, June 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1979, 18:43 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4990° N, 122.2676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Carlos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4990&lon=-122.2676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5965F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5965F-2013-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 700 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606012149A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED DURING INITIAL CLIMB. STRUCK DIRT MOUNDS ON OFF AIRPORT LANDING. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 OAK79FVM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVM26), Jun 6, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5965F), San Carlos, CA, 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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