# Incident 19790905034489I: Piper PA32RT300T, El Paso, TX, September 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1979, 14:15 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21372, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21372) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 200 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/19790905034489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNED DUE TO LOW AIRSPEED INDICATIONS, FOUND DIRT DOBBER HAD PLUGGED THE PITOT SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N21372 (2)

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

- [Incident 20091220053469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091220053469I), Dec 20, 2009: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N21372), Corona, CA, Minor damage. N21372 a PA32RT300T during rollout rwy 25 at Corona Airport nose gear collasped. There was minor damage to prop and nose cowl. No injuries to the pilot who was…
- [Incident 19950610018399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950610018399I), Jun 10, 1995: Piper PA32RT300T (N21372), Porterville, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 6-10-95 at approximately 1243 PDT, a Piper PA-32RT-300T model aircraft, N21372, registered to united investment technology of Delaware and…

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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