# Accident 19790705031231A: Piper PA34200T, Bluefield, WV, July 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1979, 18:59 local time
- Place: Bluefield, WV
- Airport: Mercer Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2959° N, 81.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (BLF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2959&lon=-81.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N977LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 442 total, 79 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790705031231A

## Narrative

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

EVIDENCE INDICATES THE PA34 OVERTOOK A LDG M20G AND LANDED UNDER SAME.THE LDG M20 HIT THE PA34 TAIL. MADE GO AROUND

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6791N, Mooney M20G: [Accident 19790705031232A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790705031232A)

## 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 IAD79FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA060), Jul 5, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N977LB), Bluefield, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N977LB (2)

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

- [Incident 20210731022869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210731022869I), Jul 31, 2021: Piper PA-34-200T (N977LB), Ft. Worth, TX, Minor damage. Upon return to Ft. Worth Meacham, TX airport (ftw) from a multi-engine instructional flight, with a student pilot and fligh instructor (CFI) on board, the crew…
- [Incident 20010430008489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430008489I), Apr 30, 2001: Piper PA34200T (N977LB), Centerville, TN, Minor damage. (-23)Pilot/a&p, replaced shimmy dampner on nosewheel with bolt that was "one sixteenth of an inch too long", "about on thread too long" which allowed the gear…

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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