# Accident 19791117032759A: Piper PA28161, Bennington, VT, November 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Bennington, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8711° N, 73.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennington, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8711&lon=-73.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8118V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 111 total, 110 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNC04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791117032759A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE AT NIGHT. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN TREES. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND. POSSIBLE FUEL PROBLEM.

## 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 NYC80FNC04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC04), Nov 17, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N8118V), Bennington, VT, 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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