# Accident 19781003044079A: Piper PA31P, Lexington, KY, October 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1978
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N338J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N338J-1982-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: NONE
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 11,227 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781003044079A

## Narrative

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

BOTH PROP BLADE ANGLES FOUND AT 30DEG SETTINGS,FLAPS FOUND EXTEND

## 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 IAD79FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA001), Oct 3, 1978: Piper PA-31P (N338J), Lexington, KY, 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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