# Accident 19781216044959A: Piper PA34200, Blountville, TN, December 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1978
- Place: Blountville, TN
- Airport: Tri-City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 36.5330° N, 82.3289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blountville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5330&lon=-82.3289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3024R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3024R-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 744 total, 92 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216044959A

## Narrative

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

NAV 2 FOUND ON 114.65 WITH #2 OBS ON 150DEG.LOM IDENTIFIED USING EG RADIAL(RECIPROCAL 131DEG).

## 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 IAD79FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA023), Dec 16, 1978: Piper PA-34 (N3024R), Blountville, TN, destroyed, 1 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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