# Accident 19780320003809A: Piper PA30, Rapid City, SD, March 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1978
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rpd Cty Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8608Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8608Y-1981-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 362 total, 140 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FTK11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780320003809A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL RT ENG QUIT,PLT CUT LEFT ENG & LANDED ALONGSIDE OF RWY.

## 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 MKC78FTK11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK11), Mar 20, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N8608Y), Rapid City, SD, substantial damage

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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