# Accident 19780916043589A: Piper PA32R300, Robbinsville, NJ, September 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1978
- Place: Robbinsville, NJ
- Airport: Trenton Robinsvle
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.2146° N, 74.6193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robbinsville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2146&lon=-74.6193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3930F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3930F-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780916043589A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OVER G/W BY 71.9LBS AT TKOF. PILOT-FAILED TO MAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB.

## 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 NYC78FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA092), Sep 16, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N3930F), Robbinsville, NJ, destroyed, 5 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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