# Accident 19800322006289A: Piper PA28161, Marathon, FL, March 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1980, 07:40 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: Marathon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9276C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9276C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 1 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKT34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322006289A

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE. UNSKILLED IN AIRPLANE.

## 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 MIA80FKT34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT34), Mar 22, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N9276C), Marathon, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9276C (1)

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

- [Accident 19790529013009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790529013009A), May 29, 1979: Piper PA28161 (N9276C), Newberry, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot mistook grass field for airport, struck wire at level off altitude. Remained airborne flew to airport.

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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