# Accident 19781106035459A: Piper PA32RT300, Paintsville, KY, November 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1978
- Place: Paintsville, KY
- Airport: Combs Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 37.8203° N, 82.8060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paintsville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8203&lon=-82.8060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31910 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,021 total, 71 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FLQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FLQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781106035459A

## Narrative

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

HIGH APCH DUE TO SMOKE IN FLT PATH.

## 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 IAD79FLQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FLQ04), Nov 6, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N31910), Paintsville, KY, 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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