# Accident 19780409015079A: Piper PA30, Destin, FL, April 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1978
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Ft Walton
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 30.4022° N, 86.4673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Destin, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4022&lon=-86.4673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7250Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7250Y-1980-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 985 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780409015079A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ROLLED IMMEDIATELY AFTR TKOF.C/P BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.129 .PL CONTROLS UNDETERMINED.

## 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 MIA78FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA064), Apr 9, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N7250Y), Destin, FL, 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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