# Accident 19790812032169A: Piper PA32260, Keystone Height, FL, August 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1979, 20:55 local time
- Place: Keystone Height, FL
- Airport: Keystone
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7829° N, 82.0356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Keystone Heights, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7829&lon=-82.0356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2052W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 25 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790812032169A

## Narrative

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

VFR LOW-TIME PLT FLEW ACFT INTO TREES ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY. FACTORS; DARK NIGHT, UNLIT BASE LEG AREA.

## 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 MIA79FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA113), Aug 12, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N2052W), Keystone, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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