# Incident 19791001051479I: Piper PA28/, Danville, VA, October 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1979, 18:54 local time
- Place: Danville, VA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5860° N, 79.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5860&lon=-79.3950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31869-2000-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791001051479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CLEARED FROM 9000 TO 6000. DESCENDED THROUGH ASSIGNED ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N31869 (1)

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

- [Accident 19981021029859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981021029859A), Oct 21, 1998: Piper PA28R201 (N31869), Mattituck, NY, Destroyed. Acft was coming in to land when it struck trees and crashed 100 yards east of rwy 19.(.4) the commercial pilot was flying from the right seat, and the…

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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