# Accident 19800215002829A: Piper PA32260, Cedar Key, FL, February 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1980, 20:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T. Lewis
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1342° N, 83.0506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGE T LEWIS (CDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1342&lon=-83.0506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5558J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5558J-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 35 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800215002829A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED AT NIGHT OVER WATER. NO GROUND LIGHTS. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE, CRASHED IN WATER WEST OF AIRPORT.

## 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 MIA80FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA033), Feb 15, 1980: Ptper PA-32 (N5558J), Cedar Key, FL, destroyed, 4 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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