# Incident 19780831038379I: Piper PA30, Great Barringto, MA, August 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1978, 14:30 local time
- Place: Great Barringto, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1940° N, 73.3615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Barrington, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1940&lon=-73.3615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8078Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8078Y-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780831038379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT HOLD AS INSTRUCTED, BUT SHOT AN APPROACH WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM ATC.

## Other reports on N8078Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20070622016049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070622016049A), Jun 22, 2007: Piper PA30 (N8078Y), Highgate, VT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot in command departed the south albany new york airport (4BO) at approximately 09:10 am on June 22, 2007, enroute to the Franklin County State…
- [Incident 19811201083719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811201083719I), Dec 1, 1981: Piper PA30 (N8078Y), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Failed to lower landing gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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