# Accident 19791221042399A: Piper PA28181, Owosso, MI, December 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1979, 20:05 local time
- Place: Owosso, MI
- Airport: Owosso
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9953° N, 84.1758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Owosso, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9953&lon=-84.1758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36700, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,824 total, 0 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221042399A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE HIT TREE ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDED ON RUNWAY. DARK NIGHT, MARGINAL WEATHER.

## 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 CHI80FEC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC07), Dec 21, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N36700), Owosso, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N36700 (1)

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

- [Accident 19981201044069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201044069A), Dec 1, 1998: Piper PA28181 (N36700), Mason, MI, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 1, 1998, at 1626 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-181, N36700, operated by a private pilot collided with the terrain during an off…

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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