# Accident 19800304004509A: Piper PA32300, North Myrtle Be, SC, March 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand Cre
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8220° N, 78.7030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8220&lon=-78.7030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3737M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3737M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 0 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLG06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800304004509A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON APPLICATION OF POWER FOR TAKEOFF. SKIDDED INTO SNOWBANK.

## 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 MIA80DLG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLG06), Mar 4, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N3737M), N Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3737M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780221001649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780221001649A), Feb 21, 1978: Piper PA32300 (N3737M), 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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