# Accident 19780919034919A: Piper PA28180, Hall, MT, September 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1978
- Place: Hall, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 46.5867° N, 113.1971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hall, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5867&lon=-113.1971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8359C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8359C-2018-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 21 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919034919A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO ENROUTE WEA.

## 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 SEA78FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA066), Sep 19, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N8359C), Hall, MT, destroyed, 4 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.