# Incident 19791127045819I: Piper PA31, Lafayette, IN, November 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57BC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,760 total, 125 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791127045819I

## Narrative

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

PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM FAILED IN ICING. LOST BOTH AIRSPEED GAUGES DUE TO CORROSION OF SHARED CANNON PLUG.

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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