# NTSB OAK79DVG44: Piper PA-28, N8200N, Zenia, CA, May 27, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 27, 1979
- Place: Zenia, CA · ZENIA, CA
- Location: 40.2054° N, 123.4920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zenia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2054&lon=-123.4920&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 13, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79DVG44
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG44

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0915  79/5/27  NR.ZENIA,CA           PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 46, 42 TOTAL
        TIME - 0930                    N8200N              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ORLAND,CA                   ORLAND,CA                   ZENIA,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- HIT FENCE AT END OF RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8200N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8200N-2012-11-09), registration cancelled 2012-11-09, S/N 28-25401, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Shannon

## 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 19790527012979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790527012979A), May 27, 1979: Piper PA28140, Shannan, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot landed and applied brakes, decided to go around too late, hit fence and crashed at end of runway.

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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