# Accident 19790920029039A: Piper PA31, Luling, LA, September 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1979, 11:03 local time
- Place: Luling, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8985° N, 90.3532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Luling, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8985&lon=-90.3532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27614, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27614-1981-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 135 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790920029039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING CLIMBOUT IN AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .

## 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 FTW79FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA108), Sep 20, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N27614), Luling, LA, 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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