# Accident 19750119033059A: Piper PA31, Fairhope, AL, January 19, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1975
- Place: Fairhope, AL
- Airport: Fairhope Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 30.5190° N, 87.8792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairhope, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5190&lon=-87.8792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1FP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total, 3,446 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75AM046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750119033059A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SCREWDRIVER INSERTED IN CTL CHAIN BTWN PINS 13-14.FULL R TRAVEL COULD AND DID LOCK AILERON CTL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MIA75AM046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM046), Jan 19, 1975: Piper PA-31 (N1FP), Fairhope, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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