# Accident 19780623016259A: Piper PA31T1, Las Vegas, NV, June 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1978
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88LV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,999 total, 165 in this make and model, 274 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVW16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVW16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780623016259A

## Narrative

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

INCORRECT SIZE SEAL REPLACED IN HYD FILTER ASSY.

## 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 OAK78FVW16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVW16), Jun 23, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N88LV), Las Vegas, NV, 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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