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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Marine City, MI · September 1, 1979

Date
September 1, 1979 · 09:45 local
Place
Marine City, MI
Airport
Marine City
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5944V
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FEC52
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
56 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airplane struck tanker truck on short final. Crashed inverted on airport. Road is 30 feet from runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE STRUCK TANKER TRUCK ON SHORT FINAL. CRASHED INVERTED ON AIRPORT. ROAD IS 30 FEET FROM RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.