# Accident 19790912027009A: Piper PA28/, Cashiers, NC, September 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1979, 19:45 local time
- Place: Cashiers, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1087° N, 83.0982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cashiers, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1087&lon=-83.0982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41413, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41413-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28/
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 191 total, 132 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790912027009A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON MOUNTAIN SIDE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.

## 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 IAD79FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA080), Sep 12, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N41413), Cashiers, NC, 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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