# Accident 19800315006479A: Piper PA28140, Eliot, ME, March 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Eliot, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1531° N, 70.8001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eliot, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1531&lon=-70.8001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57302-2012-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 219 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800315006479A

## Narrative

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

LANDING IN GUSTY SURFACE WIND ALLOWED AIRPLANE TO DRIFT TO SIDE OF RUNWAY. WING HIT SNOWBANK AT TOUCH DOWN.

## 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 NYC80FNC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNC16), Mar 15, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N57302), Eliot, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N57302 (1)

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

- [Accident 20101007049069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101007049069A), Oct 7, 2010: Piper PA-28-140 (N57302), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. The aircraft was flown VFR, from auburn, al direct to Louisville, KY. Pilot plus 3 passengers. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed aproximately 1 mile…

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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