# Accident 19780918043599A: Piper PA31T1, Granville, MA, September 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1978
- Place: Granville, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.0668° N, 72.8615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granville, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0668&lon=-72.8615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63731, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63731-2013-08-06) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780918043599A

## Narrative

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH HILL. ACFT WRECKAGE FOR 500 FT.WX AT SCENE RPTG & RAIN.

## 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 NYC78FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA095), Sep 18, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N63731), Granville, MA, destroyed, 2 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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