# NTSB FTW79FPA23: Piper PA32RT, N39461, Plano, TX, July 23, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 23, 1979
- Place: Plano, TX · PLANO, TX
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 6, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW79FPA23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPA23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1706  79/7/23    PLANO,TX            PIPER PA32RT        CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1645                    N39461              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     AGE 20, 569 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DALLAS NORTH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PLANO,TX                    ADDISON,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N39461 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Dallas North

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.

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