# Accident 19810816049729A: Piper PA32*, Mount Hermon, LA, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mount Hermon, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9602° N, 90.2959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Hermon, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9602&lon=-90.2959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304FW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N304FW-2013-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32*
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049729A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN SEVERE TURBULENCE IN THUNDERSTORM AREA. AIRFRAME FAILED IN FLIGHT. LATE WEATHER NOTAM NOT GIVEN.

## 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 FTW81FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA132), Aug 16, 1981: Piper PA-32R (N304FW), Mount Hermon, LA, destroyed, 2 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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