# Incident 19790805029429I: Piper PA32RT300T, New Bedford, MA, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 13:40 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6613° N, 70.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6613&lon=-70.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36824, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36824-2012-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805029429I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE TO WING DURING LANDING PHASE.

## Other reports on N36824 (1)

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

- [Accident 20111129027469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111129027469A), Nov 29, 2011: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N36824), Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. At appoximaely 1845 hrs. Local N36824 a PA-32RT-300T was cleared to taxi way brovo and runway 13.the taxi to the end of the run was uneventul. N36824 was…

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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