# Accident 19800220002949A: Piper PA32300, Ardmore, OK, February 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1980, 19:10 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1743° N, 97.1436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ardmore, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1743&lon=-97.1436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56482, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56482-1982-12-02) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800220002949A

## Narrative

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

WARNED OF POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST. DEPARTED INTO SAME. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE.

## 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 FTW80FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA046), Feb 20, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N56482), Ardmore, OK, destroyed, 5 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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