# Accident 19780830045489A: Piper PA31, Las Vegas, NV, August 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1978, 07:47 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N44LV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44LV-1982-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 9
- Pilot flight hours: 6,325 total, 121 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB UNK78X0134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830045489A

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR DOWNSTOP BOLT BACK. OUT. ELEVATOR TRAVEL REDUCED FM 20 DEGREES TO 1 & 1/2 DEGREES. ACFT STALLED ON TAKEOFF

## 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 UNK78X0134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK78X0134), Aug 30, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N44LV), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed, 10 fatal

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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