# Accident 19800218002889A: Piper PA22150, Clear Spring, MD, February 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1980, 11:50 local time
- Place: Clear Spring, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6561° N, 77.9304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clear Spring, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6561&lon=-77.9304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7596D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7596D-1980-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 637 total, 80 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800218002889A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON FERRY FLIGHT. FLEW LOW ERRATICALLY. HIT TREES. FOUND LEAKY HEATER MUFFLER, MONOXIDE.

## 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 IAD80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA024), Feb 18, 1980: Piper PA-22 (N7596D), Clear Spring, MD, destroyed, 1 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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