# Accident 19781218044729A: Piper PA32R300, December 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1978
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: N38966, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38966-1992-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 7 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79OKT21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79OKT21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781218044729A

## 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 MIA79OKT21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79OKT21), Dec 18, 1978: Piper PA-32R (N38966), Prvdenciales, Burkina Faso, destroyed

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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