19781129044599A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Charleston, SC · November 29, 1978

Date
November 29, 1978
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Charleston Afb
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9771C
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA022
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
670 total121 in this make and model151 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student pilot not current or qualified to carry passengers or fly.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT NOT CURRENT OR QUALIFIED TO CARRY PASSENGERS OR FLY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.