# Accident 19781007031809A: Piper PA11, Nashua, MT, October 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1978
- Place: Nashua, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 48.1336° N, 106.3571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashua, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1336&lon=-106.3571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4838M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781007031809A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 SEA79FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA002), Oct 7, 1978: Piper PA-11 (N4838M), Nashua, MT, destroyed, 1 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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