Piper PA-31P N776SW

10 July 1980 · Charleston, South Carolina, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 10 July 1980 at about 08:58 local time, a Piper PA-31P registered N776SW, operated by West Vaco, was involved in an accident during in flight near Charleston, South Carolina, United States. 6 people were on board and one died, 5 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 July 1980 at 08:58
Classification: Accident
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Charleston Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31P
Registration: N776SW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: West Vaco
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Charleston, Sc → Paducah, Ky
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3230

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	1	5	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

UN REACH RWY.R ENG NOT FEATHERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3230, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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