# Accident 19790908023999A: Piper PA28/, Ft Myers, FL, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2223V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2223V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,382 total, 41 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLD95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908023999A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK FENCE ON SHORT FINAL. LANDED ON RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT SAID POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT A CAUSAL FACTOR.

## 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 MIA79DLD95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD95), Sep 8, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N2223V), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2223V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800328007869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800328007869A), Mar 28, 1980: Piper PA28236 (N2223V), Useppa Island, FL, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on short runway. Veered off runway. Hit a parked airplane and a truck.

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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