# Accident 19780713021359A: Piper PA31T1, Baltimore, MD, July 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1978
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66892, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66892-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78IA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780713021359A

## Narrative

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

CLAMP HOLDING EXHAUST TO TURBOCHARGER MISSING.

## 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 IAD78IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78IA080), Jul 13, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N66892), Baltimore, MD, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N66892 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850517067579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850517067579A), May 17, 1985: Piper PA31350 (N66892), Latrobe, PA, Destroyed. Operator dispatched airplane with HSI slave inop. Shot approach off course and past airport, struck trees.
- [Incident 19791202048279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791202048279I), Dec 2, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N66892), Toledo, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft struck deer during takeoff, aborted. Right prop damaged, dented wing. Possible crankshaft failure.

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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