# Accident 19790715037159A: Piper PA28181, Boilings Spring, PA, July 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1979, 10:10 local time
- Place: Boilings Spring, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2216G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2216G-1979-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 63 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715037159A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT MOUNTAIN SHROUDED IN FOG. EVIDENCE INDICATES ATTEMPTED OPERATION VFR INIMC.

## 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 NYC79FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA058), Jul 15, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N2216G), Blng Springs, PA, destroyed, 4 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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