# Accident 19790726017399A: Piper PA28/, Halstead, KS, July 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Halstead, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0010° N, 97.5089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Halstead, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0010&lon=-97.5089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6462C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6462C) (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 PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,928 total, 125 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ37) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726017399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON SOFT RUNWAY WHICH PULLED AIRCRAFT TO ONE SIDE AND INTO SIGN POST.

## 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 MKC79FCQ37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ37), Jul 26, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N6462C), Halstead, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6462C (1)

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

- [Accident 20000903015099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000903015099A), Sep 3, 2000: Piper PA28161 (N6462C), Palo Alto, CA, No damage. (-23) After landing and taxi to parking pilot observed left main landing gear was severed at the spare and damaged the upper surface of the wing. Upon…

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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