# Accident 19791206043699A: Piper PA24260, Clearwater, FL, December 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1979, 13:07 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9095P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 52 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206043699A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES HEARD ENGINE CUTTING OUT ON LOW FINAL. AIRPLANE HIT WIRES, CRASHED INVERTED SHORT 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 MIA80FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA017), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA-24 (N9095P), Clearwater, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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