# Accident 19800207002579A: Piper PA28161, Yelm, WA, February 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Yelm, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 46.9426° N, 122.6432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yelm, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9426&lon=-122.6432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47576, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47576-1982-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800207002579A

## Narrative

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

FLEW VFR INTO CLOUD AT NIGHT. TRIED TO RETREAT WITH A 180 DEGREE TURN. HIT SIDE OF MOUNTAIN.

## 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 SEA80DYE12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE12), Feb 7, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N47576), Yelm, WA, destroyed

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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