# NTSB IAD80DKM03: Piper PA-28, N3927X, Boone, NC, November 4, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 4, 1979
- Place: Boone, NC · BOONE, NC
- Location: 36.2138° N, 81.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boone, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2138&lon=-81.6652&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 9, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134869
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD80DKM03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DKM03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2954   79/11/4   BOONE,NC            PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1215                    N3927X              PX-  0  0  2  DUAL                      AGE 30, 830 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOWING ROCK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WILMINGTON,NC               BOONE,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3927X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3927X-1989-05-16), registration cancelled 1989-05-16, S/N 287505248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Blowing Rock

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19791104032359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104032359A), Nov 4, 1979: Piper PA28180, Boone, NC, Substantial damage. Fast long landing on wet sod runway. Unable to stop. Started go around. Ran off end runway. Hit trees.

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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