# Accident 19791114029479A: Piper PA30, Fair Oaks, CA, November 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1979, 12:40 local time
- Place: Fair Oaks, CA
- Airport: Phoenix
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6501° N, 121.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fair Oaks, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6501&lon=-121.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7915Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7915Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,348 total, 890 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVG05-201194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791114029479A

## Narrative

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

A PACK OF DOGS RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING AIRCRAFT HIT ONE.

## 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 LAX80DVG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVG05-201194), Nov 14, 1979: Piper PA-30 (N7915Y), Fair Oaks, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7915Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230118000849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230118000849I), Jan 18, 2023: Piper PA-30 (N7915Y), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. On January 18, 2023 at 1755 MST [privacy data omitted], PA-30, s/n 30-1005 at Ogden, Utah (kogd) during an instructional flight, pilot of [privacy data…

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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