# Accident 19800222003969A: Piper PA24250, Newport, OR, February 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1980, 18:15 local time
- Place: Newport, OR
- Airport: Newport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5804° N, 124.0579° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT MUNI (ONP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5804&lon=-124.0579&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5275P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5275P-1980-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 799 total, 612 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800222003969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT GOT TOO LOW IN IFR APPROACH. HIT TREES & SIDE OF HILL. MISREAD ALTIMETER. REPORTED NEAR "0" CONDITION AT SITE

## 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 SEA80FYM16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM16), Feb 22, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N5275P), Newport, OR, 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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