# Accident 19780310008669A: Piper PA28181, Melfa, VA, March 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1978
- Place: Melfa, VA
- Airport: Accomack County A
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 37.6490° N, 75.7407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melfa, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6490&lon=-75.7407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9519K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9519K-1982-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780310008669A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 3/17/78.

## 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 IAD78FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA050), Mar 10, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N9519K), Melfa, VA, 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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