# Accident 19800112044079A: Piper PA28180, Logan, UT, January 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1980, 13:45 local time
- Place: Logan, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7401° N, 111.8438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logan, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7401&lon=-111.8438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9388J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9388J-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 288 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FAMS2), [NTSB DEN80FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800112044079A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED IFR FLIGHT INTO AREA OF SEVERE TURBULENCE.CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (2)

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 DEN80FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FAMS2), Jan 12, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N9388J), Missing Aircraft, substantial damage, 4 fatal
- [NTSB DEN80FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA047), Jan 12, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N9388J), Logan, UT, substantial damage, 4 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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