# Accident 19790912026389A: Piper PA24, Steubenville, OH, September 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Steubenville, OH
- Airport: Pier
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3662° N, 80.6569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steubenville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3662&lon=-80.6569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5349P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5349P-2011-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 48 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEI45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790912026389A

## Narrative

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

LANDED HALFWAY DOWN RUNWAY. HEAVY BRAKING. BRAKE CABLE BROKE. RAN OFF END 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 CHI79FEI45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI45), Sep 12, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N5349P), Steubenville, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5349P (1)

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

- [Accident 19770225003879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770225003879A), Feb 25, 1977: Piper PA24250 (N5349P), Greenville, TN, Substantial damage

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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