# Accident 19791206035869A: Piper PA34200T, Youngstown, OH, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 18:20 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29257, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29257) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,545 total, 180 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206035869A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED NIGHT TAKE OFF ON WET RWY. LOST RWY ALIGNMENT CROSSING RWY INTERSECTION. VEERED OFF SIDE OF RWY.

## 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 CHI80FEI09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI09), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA-34 (N29257), Youngstown, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N29257 (2)

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

- [Accident 20220511007419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220511007419A), May 11, 2022: Piper PA-34-200T (N29257), Marshall, OK, Destroyed. N29257 was in cruise flight enroute from T67 to khut at 6500 feet when both engines shut down during flight. The pilot made a couple of turns and attempted to…
- [Incident 19910624028539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910624028539I), Jun 24, 1991: Piper PA34200T (N29257), Iowa City, IA, Minor damage. As nose gear settled to runway it collapsed. Pilot stated had three green lights on final.

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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