# Accident 19781130044609A: Piper PA32RT300, Albany, GA, November 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1978
- Place: Albany, GA
- Airport: Albany
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 31.5562° N, 84.1715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albany Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5562&lon=-84.1715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7063F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7063F-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,160 total, 60 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781130044609A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA79FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA025), Nov 30, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N7063F), Albany, GA, destroyed, 5 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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