19780122002449A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32RT300 · Laurel, MD · January 22, 1978

Date
January 22, 1978
Place
Laurel, MD
Airport
Suburban
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5420F
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD78FA035
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,929 total2 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aprx 664LBS ovr max gwt,hazardous matl. No flt manual avbl. Non-com plt onboard.

As the FAA filed it

APRX 664LBS OVR MAX GWT,HAZARDOUS MATL.NO FLT MANUAL AVBL.NON-COM PLT ONBOARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.