# Accident 19790818036109A: Piper PA32260, Minneapolis, MN, August 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3641W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3641W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 45 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790818036109A

## Narrative

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

MADE HARD LANDING. BOUNCED AND PORPOISED. ACFT TAIL HIT RWY.MADE GO AROUND, LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 MKC79DER69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER69), Aug 18, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N3641W), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3641W (1)

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

- [Incident 20040124002409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040124002409I), Jan 24, 2004: Piper PA32260 (N3641W), Eagle River, WI, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 22 at Eagle River, (egv). Left main gear was not on runway hard surface causing aircraft to veer to left. Aircraft struck 2…

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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