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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Clare, IA · January 25, 1980

Date
January 25, 1980 · 17:47 local
Place
Clare, IA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9421C
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC80FA019
Reported as
Piper PA28181
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total16 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot continued into deteriorating weather and crashed in farm field during snow storm.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER AND CRASHED IN FARM FIELD DURING SNOW STORM.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.