Piper PA-20 N7391

23 December 1979 · Elko, Nevada, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 December 1979 at about 14:43 local time, a Piper PA-20 registered N7391 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Elko, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 December 1979 at 14:43
Classification: Accident
Location: Elko, Nevada, United States
Nearest airport: Elko Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-20
Registration: N7391
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Pocatello, Id → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4026

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-4026, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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