# Accident 19771124043429A: Piper PA31T1, Beckley, WV, November 24, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1977
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Raleigh County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH COUNTY MEML (BKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7873&lon=-81.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801HD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801HD-1977-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 232 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771124043429A

## Narrative

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

STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL.

## 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 IAD78FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA014), Nov 24, 1977: Piper PA-31T (N801HD), Beckley, WV, destroyed, 6 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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