# Accident 19790618034879A: Piper PA28151, Flushing, NY, June 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1979, 01:42 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: Laguardia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9283C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9283C-2012-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790618034879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD RECEIVED HIS INSTRUMENT RATING 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT. LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT.

## 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 NYC79FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA049), Jun 18, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N9283C), Flushing, NY, 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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