# Accident 19790815022069A: Piper PA28/, Roanoke, VA, August 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1979, 22:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41856-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 16 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DID25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DID25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790815022069A

## Narrative

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

CLIMBING OUT FROM NIGHT TAKEOFF, STRUCK MOUNTAIN TOP.

## 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 IAD79DID25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DID25), Aug 15, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N41856), Roanoke, VA, 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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