# Accident 19800229004559A: Piper PA24260, Lexington, KY, February 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1980, 19:45 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Bluegrass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8574P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8574P-1998-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,509 total, 598 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FLQ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLQ14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800229004559A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE TOPPED ON FINAL. HIT SHORT OF RUNWAY. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND. POSSIBLE FUEL STARVATION PROBLEM.

## 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 IAD80FLQ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLQ14), Feb 29, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N8574P), Lexington, KY, substantial damage

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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