# Accident 19800111000979A: Piper PA23250, Mobile, AL, January 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1980, 05:05 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N389EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N389EB-2007-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,796 total, 247 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800111000979A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN HEAVY RAIN WITH SEVERE CROSSWIND. HYDROPLANED, SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY. GROUND-LOOPED. COLLAPSED GEAR.

## 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 MIA80FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA028), Jan 11, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N389EB), Mobile, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N389EB (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20001119028889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001119028889I), Nov 19, 2000: Piper PA23250 (N389EB), Vero Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23)During landing on runway 29L at Vero Beach Municipal Airport, Vero Beach, Florida, a/c alnded hard, bounced, and landed hard again, causing righ t…
- [Incident 19780507032449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780507032449I), May 7, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N389EB), Lititz, PA, Substantial damage. Engine shutdown due to engine surging. Found broken exhaust stack and hole in cowling and firewall.

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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