# Accident 19790622015589A: Piper PA28161, Hazard, KY, June 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Hazard, KY
- Airport: Hazard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2828° N, 83.2099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Hazard Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2828&lon=-83.2099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40977, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40977-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 40 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DLQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLQ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622015589A

## Narrative

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

LANDED DOWNWIND ON WET RUNWAY. HYDROPLANED, RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO RAVINE.

## 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 IAD79DLQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLQ17), Jun 22, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N40977), Hazard, KY, substantial damage

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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