# Accident 19791102042579A: Piper PA31350, Greenville, SC, November 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1979, 11:12 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66893, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66893-1980-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 4 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791102042579A

## Narrative

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

EVIDENCE INDICATES PILOT HAD AN UNKNOWN ENGINE PROBLEM ON TAKEOFF AND SHUT DOWN WRONG ENGINE. GOT BELOW VMC.

## 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 MIA80FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA008), Nov 2, 1979: Piper PA-31 (N66893), Greenville, SC, 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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