# Incident 19800130020369I: Piper PA32300, Lexington, KY, January 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1980, 05:25 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9887° N, 84.4777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lexington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9887&lon=-84.4777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216BC-2000-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 77 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800130020369I

## Narrative

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

LOW FUEL FLOW AFTER LEVEL-OFF. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT. HIT TREES ON APPROACH. NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS FOUND.

## Other reports on N216BC (1)

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

- [Accident 20000429005789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000429005789A), Apr 29, 2000: N216BC, Forth Smith, MT, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) Departed helna, Montana, to sheridan, Wyoming. Struck terrain 10 NM ssw of ft. Smith, Montana. Weather at billings and sheridan reported as layered…

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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