# Accident 19800330007219A: Piper PA24260, Havre, MT, March 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1980, 19:44 local time
- Place: Havre, MT
- Airport: Havre City Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5430° N, 109.7623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAVRE CITY-COUNTY (HVR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5430&lon=-109.7623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8820P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8820P-2009-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 329 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FTI06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FTI06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800330007219A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED FREEZING RAIN ON VFR DEPARTURE. MADE IFR RETURN TO FIELD. ICED UP ON APPROACH. STALL LANDED.

## 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 SEA80FTI06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FTI06), Mar 30, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N8820P), Havre, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8820P (1)

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

- [Accident 20081024853239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081024853239A), Oct 24, 2008: Piper PA24260 (N8820P), Charlottesvill, VA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pilot was being vectored for the ILS runway 3 approach at kcho. When the aircraft was approximately 12 miles to the southwest of kcho the pilot radioed a…

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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