# Incident 19790608015749I: Piper PA31350, Marthas Vineyar, MA, June 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NEC
- Location: 41.4167° N, 70.6161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martha's Vineyard, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4167&lon=-70.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59902, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59902-2000-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 20 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/19790608015749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAXI.

## Other reports on N59902 (5)

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

- [Accident 19981204032719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981204032719A), Dec 4, 1998: Piper PA31 (N59902), Pontiac, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. L&w flying service air taxi crashed 1/4 mile sw of the Oakland county arpt while on ILS approach to rwy 09R. (-23) N59902 piloted by mr. Douglas p. crowley…
- [Incident 19900913050449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900913050449I), Sep 13, 1990: Piper PA31350 (N59902), Du Bois, PA. Electrical system failure inflight. Diverted. Found field lead on right alternator broken.
- [Incident 19790705018609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790705018609I), Jul 5, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N59902), Boston, MA. Pilot lowered gear manually when it failed to extend due to hydraulic loss because of ruptured left filter bowl
- [Incident 19790704018289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790704018289I), Jul 4, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N59902), Boston, MA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear light. Manually extended gear. Hydraulic filter bowl missing.
- [Incident 19790313008979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790313008979I), Mar 13, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N59902), Boston, MA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck taxiway sign at night

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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