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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Boone, NC · August 8, 1979

Date
August 8, 1979 · 14:30 local
Place
Boone, NC
Airport
Blowing Rock
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3727W
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79DKM13
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,087 total300 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Landed downwind, overshot runway on roll out. Misjudged wind direction.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED DOWNWIND, OVERSHOT RUNWAY ON ROLL OUT. MISJUDGED WIND DIRECTION.

NTSB investigation

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