# Accident 19790711022149A: Piper PA28160, Milan, OH, July 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1979, 13:10 local time
- Place: Milan, OH
- Airport: Homestead Inn
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2888° N, 82.6019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milan, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2888&lon=-82.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5270W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 134 total, 62 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEI31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790711022149A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF ON CLOSED,UNMOWED,SHORT,SOD STRIP. HIT WIRES AT DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI79FEI31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI31), Jul 11, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5270W), Milan, OH, 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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