# Accident 19791229035339A: Piper PA28140, Amityville, NY, December 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1979, 15:05 local time
- Place: Amityville, NY
- Airport: Zahns
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7100° N, 73.4000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Zahn's Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7100&lon=-73.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4372J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4372J-2011-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 260 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FHJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791229035339A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED LANDING IN STRONG CROSSWIND. HIT RWY NOSE FIRST. BLEW NOSE TIRE, BENT ENGINE MOUNTS. STOPPED ON 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 NYC80FHJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FHJ08), Dec 29, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N4372J), Amityville, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4372J (1)

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

- [Accident 20100807040719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100807040719A), Aug 7, 2010: Piper PA-28-140 (N4372J), Reserve, NM, Substantial damage. On August 7, 2010 at 12:15 mt on a private airstrip located in western new Mexico at 33º 29' 15" n, 108º 06' 51" w, a Piper PA-28-140 sustained substantial…

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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