# Incident 19790818031979I: Piper PA28161, College Place, WA, August 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: College Place, WA
- Airport: Martin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0469° N, 118.4172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTIN FLD (S95), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0469&lon=-118.4172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6528C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 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/19790818031979I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT RETRACTED FLAPS ON ROLLOUT AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. RAN INTO ASPARAGUS DAMAGING WINGTIP.

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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