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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Graford, TX · July 12, 1979

Date
July 12, 1979 · 19:45 local
Place
Graford, TX
Airport
Villa Marina
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7992Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FPD27
Reported as
Piper PA30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,191 total2,691 in this make and model83 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witness said aircraft was slow on approach and landed hard.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS SAID AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW ON APPROACH AND LANDED HARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.