# Accident 19791122035229A: Piper PA32300, Laporte, IN, November 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1979, 06:05 local time
- Place: Laporte, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6109° N, 86.7148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Porte, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6109&lon=-86.7148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44503 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,831 total, 282 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791122035229A

## Narrative

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

MADE NIGHT DOWNWIND LANDING ON SHORT, WET RUNWAY. UNABLE TO STOP. MADE GO-AROUND. HIT FENCE AT END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI80FET04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET04), Nov 22, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N44503), Laporte, IN, 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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