# Accident 19800324010349A: Piper PA28RT201, Alcoa, TN, March 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1980, 19:11 local time
- Place: Alcoa, TN
- Airport: Mcghee-Tyson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3059T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3059T-2013-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800324010349A

## Narrative

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

STARTED GO-AROUND FROM BAD CROSSWIND LANDING. ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO ARC OFF RUNWAYACROSS RAMP. STRUCK PLANES, HANGAR.

## 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 IAD80FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA032), Mar 24, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N3059T), Alcoa, TN, destroyed, 1 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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