# Accident 19790930037309A: Piper PA28161, Orlando, FL, September 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1979, 20:09 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6116H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6116H-1982-11-22) (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: 179 total, 70 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930037309A

## Narrative

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

FLEW VFR AT NIGHT INTO AREA OF NO GROUND LIGHTS & HEAVY RAIN. VERTICAL IMPACT INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT

## 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 MIA79FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA131), Sep 30, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N6116H), Orlando, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6116H (1)

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

- [Accident 19780704030099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704030099A), Jul 4, 1978: Piper PA28160 (N6116H), Kankakee, IL, Substantial damage. Collided w/edge of r/w.resurfaced r/w is 1FT above grass area of ort.

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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