# Accident 19791025036529A: Piper PA23160, Peyton, CO, October 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1979, 13:10 local time
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Airport: Meadowlake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9428° N, 104.5699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOW LAKE (FLY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-104.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4038P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4038P-1983-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,665 total, 2 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTE04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE04-201188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791025036529A

## Narrative

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

FEATHERED LEFT ENGINE FOR PRACTICE. GENERATOR ON LEFT ENGINE. UNABLE RESTART. ABOVE SE OPERATING ALTITUDE.

## 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 DEN80FTE04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTE04-201188), Oct 25, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N4038P), Peyton, CO, 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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