# Accident 19791020034619A: Piper PA28R200, Lone Pine, CA, October 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1979, 23:30 local time
- Place: Lone Pine, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5744° N, 118.0806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lone Pine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5744&lon=-118.0806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32470, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32470-1981-12-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,070 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVW01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791020034619A

## Narrative

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

BATTERY CAME LOSE DURING FLIGHT, WHICH CAUSED FIRE. AICRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY 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 LAX80DVW01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVW01), Oct 20, 1979: Piper PA-28R (N32470), Lone Pine, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N32470 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780625035759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625035759I), Jun 25, 1978: Piper PA28R200 (N32470), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Pilot hit a chug hole with the nose gear during taxi out, continued. Nose gear collapsed on landing.

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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