# Accident 19761117041319A: Piper PA31, Tallahassee, FL, November 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1976
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 30.3968° N, 84.3509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALLAHASSEE INTL (TLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3968&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50BB-1977-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761117041319A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DESCENDED INTO GROUND ON INST CLIMBOUT PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB

## 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 MIA77FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA010), Nov 17, 1976: Piper PA-31 (N50BB), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed, 3 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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