# Accident 19790730016949A: Piper PA28R201, Greensburg, PA, July 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1979, 10:31 local time
- Place: Greensburg, PA
- Airport: Westmoreland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3112° N, 79.5444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3112&lon=-79.5444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69EJ-1979-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 288 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FGM38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGM38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790730016949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ON A SPECIAL VFR. RAN INTO A HILL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STAY BELOW CLOUDS. FACTOR, LOW CEIL & VIS.

## 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 NYC79FGM38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FGM38), Jul 30, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N69EJ), Greensburg, PA, 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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