# Accident 19800321007039A: Piper PA31350, Houston, TX, March 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1980, 19:49 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EAGX
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59932, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59932-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 4,313 total, 831 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80AA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80AA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800321007039A

## Narrative

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

OVERLOADED. LOST ENGINE. NO EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. DOWNWIND TURN INTO DEAD ENGINE. HIT VEHICLES ON RAMP.

## 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 FTW80AA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80AA057), Mar 21, 1980: Piper PA-31 (N59932), Houston, TX, destroyed, 7 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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