# Accident 19780705017389A: Piper PA32300, Beaufort, SC, July 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1978
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Airport: Beaufort County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9885K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,320 total, 84 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FLG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780705017389A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLT NOT REC INTO DEST DUE TSTMS.DIVERTED.

## 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 MIA78FLG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FLG27), Jul 5, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N9885K), Beaufort, SC, destroyed

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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