# Accident 19800328007419A: Piper PA32RT300T, El Paso, TX, March 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N478GL-2005-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 94 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800328007419A

## Narrative

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

STATED ENGINE SURGED.CRASHED ON A GOLF COURSE.ONE TANK EMPTY.SELECTOR ON FULL TANK.THROTTLE FRICTION LOCK WORN OUT.

## 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 FTW80FQD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQD05), Mar 28, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N478GL), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N478GL (1)

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

- [Incident 20030812018289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030812018289I), Aug 12, 2003: Piper PA32RT300T (N478GL), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On August 2, 2003, at 10:11, eastern daylight savings time, a Piper PA-32R-300T, N478GT, registered to sinn equipment leasing, inc., had the nose gear…

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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