# Accident 19800229004729A: Piper PA31350, Moab, UT, February 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Airport: Canyonlands
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TWUA
- Location: 38.7576° N, 109.7535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANYONLANDS RGNL (CNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7576&lon=-109.7535&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3540T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,248 total, 2,014 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80AA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80AA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800229004729A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. AIRPLANE HIT DITCH OFF END OF AIRPORT. FOUND JET FUEL MIXED WITH AVGAS IN TANKS.

## 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 DEN80AA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80AA026), Feb 29, 1980: Piper PA-31 (N3540T), Moab, UT, 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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