# Accident 19780930033069A: Piper PA31T1, Sun River, OR, September 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1978
- Place: Sun River, OR
- Airport: Sun River
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 43.8763° N, 121.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNRIVER (S21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8763&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27279, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27279-1998-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 220 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYK25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYK25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780930033069A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 15K.

## 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 SEA78DYK25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYK25), Sep 30, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N27279), Sun River, OR, 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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