# Accident 19781118044459A: Piper PA32260, South Boston, VA, November 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1978
- Place: South Boston, VA
- Airport: William M Tuck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.7094° N, 78.8483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM M TUCK (W78), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7094&lon=-78.8483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3940W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3940W-1999-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781118044459A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED PREOCCUPIED WITH SELECTING SAFE LNDG AREA RATHER THAN ARTING ENG.

## 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 IAD79FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA014), Nov 18, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N3940W), South Boston, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3940W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19971007030452A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971007030452A), Oct 7, 1997: Piper PA32260 (N3940W), Robbins, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Collided with IFR traffic at VFR cruise level traffic N2050W that had just got IFR. ATC failed see traffic PA32. (.4)the pilot of Beech 35, N2050W, phoned the…

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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