# Accident 19781129044599A: Piper PA32RT300, Charleston, SC, November 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1978
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9771C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9771C-1982-11-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 670 total, 121 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781129044599A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA022), Nov 29, 1978: Piper PA32RT (N9771C), Charleston, SC, destroyed, 2 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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