# Accident 19800202001769A: Piper PA22135, Princeton, IL, February 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Princeton, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3805° N, 89.4641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Princeton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3805&lon=-89.4641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3747A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3747A-1982-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800202001769A

## Narrative

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

WING STRUT ATTACH FITTING FAILED IN FLIGHT. FOUND FATIGUE CRACK. USED STRUT INSTALLED HAD REACHED MAXIMUM HOURS.

## 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 CHI80FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA025), Feb 2, 1980: Piper PA-22 (N3747A), Princeton, IL, destroyed, 2 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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