# Accident 19790111036961A: Piper PA31350, Templeton, MA, January 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1979, 11:10 local time
- Place: Templeton, MA
- Airport: Gardner Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.5499° N, 72.0160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDNER MUNI (GDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5499&lon=-72.0160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33TN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33TN-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 12,225 total, 870 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790111036961A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER ACFT IN FLIGHT. BOTH ACFT LEVEL AT 6500 FT. WX CAVU NOT UNDER ATC CONTROL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N8022J, Piper 600SMITH: [Accident 19790111036962A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790111036962A)

## 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 NYC79FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA017), Jan 11, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N33TN), Templeton, MA, 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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