# Accident 19810711042999A: Piper PA31P, Wilmington, NC, July 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1981, 15:13 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7318L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7318L-1984-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,453 total, 0 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810711042999A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON VOR APPROACH TO AIRPORT. THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. STALL WARNING HEARD ON OPEN MICROPHONE.

## 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 ATL81FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA094), Jul 11, 1981: Piper PA-31P (N7318L), Wilmington, 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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