# Accident 19790913029549A: Piper PA28161, Mountain View, MO, September 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1979, 08:45 local time
- Place: Mountain View, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9937° N, 91.7019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9937&lon=-91.7019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5518V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5518V-2011-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 1 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790913029549A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED VFR. AIRCRAFT OBSERVED IN STEEP BANK. DIVED INTO TREES 2 MILES FROM AIRPORT.NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 MKC79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA054), Sep 13, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5518V), Mountain View, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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