# Accident 19811119078759A: Pat PAT1, Matthews, VA, November 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Matthews, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N15PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15PT-1984-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper Advanced Technology PAT-1 (registry code 0566183, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-advanced-technology-pat-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PAT PAT1
- Reported engine: LYC O320D1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,084 total, 70 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82AA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82AA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811119078759A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES STRUCTURAL FAILURE PRIOR TO CRASH. HAD BAD STALL CHARACTERISTICS. FUEL LEAK IN WING HAD MELTED FIBERGLASS

## 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 ATL82AA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82AA019), Nov 19, 1981: Piper Advcd PAT-1 (N15PT), Mathews, VA, destroyed, 3 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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