# Incident 19790816031639I: Piper PA28181, Point Lookout, MO, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Point Lookout, MO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6259° N, 93.2289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of M GRAHAM CLARK DOWNTOWN (PLK), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6259&lon=-93.2289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4598F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4598F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 100 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/19790816031639I

## Narrative

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

DURING FLARE FOR CROSSWIND LANDING PILOT LOST CONTROL AND MADE A HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N4598F (3)

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

- [Incident 19990702022489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990702022489I), Jul 2, 1999: Piper PA28181 (N4598F), Carrollton, IL. (-5)The pilot was on an IFR flight plan from cloquet carlton county airport to st. charles, MO. With one passenger when he declared an emergency due to fuel…
- [Incident 19930729039689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930729039689I), Jul 29, 1993: Piper PA28181 (N4598F), Tekamah, NE. Fuel exhaustion forced landing in field. Found a float damaged in carburetor.
- [Incident 19930712026799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930712026799I), Jul 12, 1993: Piper PA28181 (N4598F), Sikeston, MO. Fuel exhaustion due to ATC radar vectors to avoid weather. Unable to make runway. Forced landing on road.

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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