# Accident 19790829023639A: Piper PA24, Big Sandy, MT, August 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Big Sandy, MT
- Airport: Big Sandy
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1634° N, 110.1143° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG SANDY (3U8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1634&lon=-110.1143&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5791P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5791P-1980-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 24 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FT124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FT124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790829023639A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINES ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY. FACTORS: DUSK AND TOO LOW ON APPROACH.

## 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 SEA79FT124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FT124), Aug 29, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N5791P), Big Sandy, MT, 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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