# Accident 19790916024969A: Piper PA28R200, Portland, TX, September 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1979, 14:45 local time
- Place: Portland, TX
- Airport: Hunt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8864° N, 97.3496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNT (9R5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8864&lon=-97.3496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9305N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9305N-1990-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 969 total, 43 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FRG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916024969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED DURING CROSSWIND LANDING.

## 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 FTW79FRG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FRG55), Sep 16, 1979: Piper PA-28R (N9305N), Portland, TX, 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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