# Accident 19790721037599A: Piper PA32300, Huntsville, AL, July 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1979, 12:11 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Madison Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9181K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9181K-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790721037599A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. AIRCRAFT SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED VERTICALLY. VFRN

## 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 MIA79FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA107), Jul 21, 1979: Piper PA-32 (N9181K), Huntsville, AL, 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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