# Accident 19791021029579A: Piper PA28160, Mantua, OH, October 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1979, 15:05 local time
- Place: Mantua, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2820° N, 81.2224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mantua, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2820&lon=-81.2224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5351W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5351W-1982-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 151 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791021029579A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH EN ROUTE, APPLIED PARTIAL CARB HEAT. ENGINE QUIT. CRASHED IN CORNFIELD. NO ENGINE DEFECTS.

## 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 CHI80FEI03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI03), Oct 21, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N5351W), Mantua, OH, substantial damage

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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