# Accident 19791023039949A: Piper PA22135, Portland, TX, October 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Portland, TX
- Airport: Hunt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8864° N, 97.3496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNT (9R5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8864&lon=-97.3496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1527P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791023039949A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRPLANE LANDING IN CROSSWIND.

## 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 FTW80FRG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG04), Oct 23, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N1527P), Portland, TX, 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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