# Accident 19791013029359A: Piper PA32RT300T, Aitkin, MN, October 13, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Aitkin, MN
- Airport: Aitkin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5266° N, 93.7050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aitkin, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5266&lon=-93.7050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36815, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36815-2012-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 136 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DER01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791013029359A

## Narrative

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

VEERED TO LEFT DURING LANDING ON WET GRASS RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED SIDEWAYS, COLLAPSED NOSE AND MAIN GEAR.

## 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 MKC80DER01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER01), Oct 13, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N36815), Aitkin, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N36815 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880416034979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880416034979A), Apr 16, 1988: Piper PA32RT300T (N36815), Port Angeles, WA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Missed visual approach due to ground fog. Struck rising terrain on the go around. Dark foggy night no ground lights

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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