# Accident 19800306005049A: Piper PA32R300, Ocala, FL, March 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1980, 06:57 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Jim Taylor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1872° N, 82.1401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocala, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1872&lon=-82.1401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2543Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2543Q-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 13 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306005049A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT TRIED TO LAND IN DENSE FOG. STRUCK GROUND SHORT OF RUNWAY. GROUND FOG NOT IN FORECAST.

## 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 MIA80FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA042), Mar 6, 1980: Piper PA-32R (N2543Q), Ocala, FL, 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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