# Accident 19781231045369A: Piper PA30, Lafayette, GA, December 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1978
- Place: Lafayette, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 34.7088° N, 85.2815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaFayette, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7088&lon=-85.2815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7031Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7031Y-1982-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,156 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781231045369A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 1/3/79.

## 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 MIA79FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA034), Dec 31, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N7031Y), Lafayette, GA, 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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