# Accident 19791104032359A: Piper PA28180, Boone, NC, November 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1979, 12:15 local time
- Place: Boone, NC
- Airport: Blowing Rock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2138° N, 81.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boone, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2138&lon=-81.6652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3927X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3927X-1989-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 50 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DKM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DKM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104032359A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 IAD80DKM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DKM03), Nov 4, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N3927X), Boone, NC, 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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