# Accident 19790118029629A: Piper PA23, Scottown, OH, January 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Scottown, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5504° N, 82.3888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5504&lon=-82.3888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4031P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4031P-1981-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-180 (registry code 7102305, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790118029629A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENG SHUT DWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL FROM A CRACKED OIL LINE. PILOT ATTEMPTED RESTART. ALLOWED ACFT TO STALL & SPIN

## 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 CHI79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA024), Jan 18, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N4031P), Scottown, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N4031P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770318005259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770318005259A), Mar 18, 1977: Piper PA23160 (N4031P), Gallipolis, OH, Substantial damage. Ditch by side of rwy.

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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