# Accident 19780530022599A: Piper PA11, Tonopah, AZ, May 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1978
- Place: Tonopah, AZ
- Airport: Highway
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.4880° N, 112.9308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonopah, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4880&lon=-112.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5086H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5086H-1994-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780530022599A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .164 . IMPACTED HIGHWAY SURFACE.

## 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 LAX78FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA052), May 30, 1978: Piper PA-11 (N5086H), Tonopah, AZ, destroyed, 1 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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