# Accident 19800118001189A: Piper PA23, New Bern, NC, January 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1980, 19:11 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Simmons-Natt
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0927° N, 77.0718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bern, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0927&lon=-77.0718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1376P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1376P-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,050 total, 537 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800118001189A

## Narrative

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

ADVISED AIRPORT BELOW IFR MINIMUMS. REQUESTED APPROACH. STRUCK TREES INSIDE OUTER MARKER.

## 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 IAD80FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA020), Jan 18, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N1376P), New Bern, NC, destroyed, 1 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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