# Accident 19780717020999A: Piper PA31325, San Antonio, TX, July 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1978
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Kelly Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27605, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27605-2021-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,215 total, 20 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780717020999A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR HYD HOSE ASSY,P/N17766-27,BLOCKEDBY RUBBER MATERIASE LEAKED UNDER PRESSURE.

## 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 FTW78FRG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRG61), Jul 17, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N27605), San Antonio, TX, 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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