# Accident 19790821026349A: Piper PA28/, Raleigh, NC, August 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1979, 17:10 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Raleigh Durham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3080R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3080R-1980-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,014 total, 163 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FLJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FLJ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790821026349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED APPROACH TO AIRPORT INTO A THUNDERSTORM. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. HIT TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 IAD79FLJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FLJ13), Aug 21, 1979: Piper PA-28R (N3080R), Raliegh, NC, 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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