# Accident 19790803028439A: Piper PA32RT300, Wheaton, MN, August 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Wheaton, MN
- Airport: Wheaton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7805° N, 96.5438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEATON MUNI (ETH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7805&lon=-96.5438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9636C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 23 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790803028439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND AND RAN OFF THE 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 MKC79DER60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER60), Aug 3, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N9636C), Wheaton, MN, substantial damage

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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