# Incident 19791120044509I: Piper PA28181, Syracuse, IN, November 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Syracuse, IN
- Airport: Wawasee
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4189° N, 85.6917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAWASEE (4IN9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4189&lon=-85.6917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30667 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 417 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791120044509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED LONG ON DAMP SOD RUNWAY, RAN OFF END, ACROSS ROAD, INTO CORNFIELD. PILOTS MEDICAL EXPIRED.

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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