# Accident 19781103044199A: Piper PA31T1, Missing Aircraf, U.S. Virgin Islands, November 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1978
- Place: Missing Aircraf, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S Truman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Aircraft: N59912, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59912-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,342 total, 24 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781103044199A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

## 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 MIA79FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA010), Nov 3, 1978: Piper PA-31 (N59912), Missing Aircraft, 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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