# NTSB OAK79DVG61: Piper PA-30, N7077Y, Smartville, CA, July 15, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 15, 1979
- Place: Smartville, CA · SMARTVILLE, CA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 27, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135305
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79DVG61
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG61

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2016  79/7/15    SMARTVILLE,CA       PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1049
        TIME - 1250                    N7077Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 626 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG OAK VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHICO,CA                    SMARTVILLE,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7077Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7077Y-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 30-91, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Big Oak Valley

## 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 19790715018019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715018019A), Jul 15, 1979: Piper PA30, Smartsville, CA, Substantial damage. Allowed acft to drift left of rwy centerline. Landed on left edge, ran off runway into a fence.

## Other investigations on N7077Y (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 LAX87WA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87WA216), May 24, 1987: Piper PA-30 (N7077Y), Mexicali, Mexico, substantial damage

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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