# Accident 19780712018669A: Piper PA31350, Mena, AR, July 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1978
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Mena Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404RC-1982-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,815 total, 125 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPG60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPG60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780712018669A

## 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 FTW78FPG60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPG60), Jul 12, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N404RC), Mena, AR, 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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