# Accident 19780423041169A: Piper PA31T1, Arlington, IN, April 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1978
- Place: Arlington, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 39.6411° N, 85.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6411&lon=-85.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49MC-1985-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- Pilot flight hours: 32,784 total, 1,510 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423041169A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA035), Apr 23, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N49MC), Arlington, IN, destroyed, 9 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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