# Accident 19800328007369A: Piper PA31, West Lafayette, IN, March 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1980, 23:04 local time
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N719P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N719P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,635 total, 279 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DEX06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEX06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800328007369A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT TREE DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH. PILOT CLAIMED WIND SHEAR.

## 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 CHI80DEX06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEX06), Mar 28, 1980: Piper PA-31 (N719P), W Lafayette, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N719P (2)

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

- [Incident 19941006039439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941006039439I), Oct 6, 1994: Piper PA31310 (N719P), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll.
- [Incident 19910523021219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910523021219I), May 23, 1991: Piper PA31310 (N719P), Nashville, AR, Minor damage. Pilot stated he was distracted on final and failed to put the landing gear down. Landed gear up.

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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