# Accident 19780506023289A: Namer T28R2HAMILTN, Huntsville, AL, May 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1978
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3314G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3314G-1978-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hamilton T-28R-2 (registry code 4080102, https://openairdocs.org/model/hamilton-t-28r-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820-66 (registry code 67021, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-66) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER T28R2HAMILTN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780506023289A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SEPARATED.NO ACROBATIC MVERS APPROVED.

## 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 MIA78FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA077), May 6, 1978: Hamilton T-28A (N3314G), Huntsville, AL, 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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