# Accident 19791003034029A: Piper PA23, Opelousas, LA, October 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1979, 22:00 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Airport: St Landry Parish
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5584° N, 92.0994° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LANDRY PARISH (OPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5584&lon=-92.0994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62267, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62267-1982-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,940 total, 86 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791003034029A

## Narrative

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

RT ENGINE STOP ON FINAL. DID NOT FEATHER. BECAME LOW, BELOW VMC. HIT LOGS SHORT OF RWY. SUSPECT CARB ICE.

## 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 FTW80FRD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD01), Oct 3, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N62267), Opelousas, LA, substantial damage

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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