19791012028199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Farmington, NM · October 12, 1979

Date
October 12, 1979 · 18:23 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7897H
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FQA04
Reported as
Piper PA12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
835 total100 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted landing on road. Made go around. Hit wires. Landed in field. Flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED LANDING ON ROAD. MADE GO AROUND. HIT WIRES. LANDED IN FIELD. FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.