# Accident 19800307018639A: Piper PA34200T, Pine Mountain, GA, March 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1980, 19:09 local time
- Place: Pine Mountain, GA
- Airport: Callaway Gradens
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8559° N, 84.8520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pine Mountain, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8559&lon=-84.8520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36074, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36074-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 204 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800307018639A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING TO LAND AFTER VOR APPROACH. RAN INTO FOGBANK. FAILED TO CHECK ALTITUDE.STRUCK TREES NEAR AIRPORT.

## 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 IAD80FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA030), Mar 7, 1980: Piper PA-34 (N36074), Pine Mountain, GA, destroyed, 4 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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