# Accident 19780923030509A: Piper PA32R300, Wise, VA, September 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1978
- Place: Wise, VA
- Airport: Lonesome Pine
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 36.9876° N, 82.5298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONESOME PINE (LNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9876&lon=-82.5298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43941 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 6 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78PIJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78PIJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780923030509A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD78PIJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78PIJ20), Sep 23, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N43941), Wise, VA, substantial damage

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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