19791104032359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Boone, NC · November 4, 1979

Date
November 4, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Boone, NC
Airport
Blowing Rock
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3927X
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD80DKM03
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
830 total50 in this make and model172 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fast long landing on wet sod runway. Unable to stop. Started go around. Ran off end runway. Hit trees.

As the FAA filed it

FAST LONG LANDING ON WET SOD RUNWAY. UNABLE TO STOP. STARTED GO AROUND. RAN OFF END RUNWAY. HIT TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.