# Accident 19780208003089A: Piper PA31T1, Bluffton, OH, February 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1978
- Place: Bluffton, OH
- Airport: Bluffton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.8854° N, 83.8686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUFFTON (5G7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8854&lon=-83.8686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7451L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7451L-2008-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,907 total, 4,907 in this make and model, 286 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEK08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEK08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780208003089A

## Narrative

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

APT UNATTENDED,LOCALIZED FOG NOT REPORTED.

## 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 CHI78FEK08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEK08), Feb 8, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N7451L), Bluffton, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7451L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960306006569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960306006569I), Mar 6, 1996: Piper PA31310 (N7451L), Charlotte, NC, 1 fatal. Narrative: while on an ILS approach to runway 18R at the Charlotte/Douglas international airport, the pilot of a Piper PA-31 navajo, operating on a FAR part…

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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