# Accident 19800416011709A: Piper PA28R180, Foley, AL, April 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1980, 11:05 local time
- Place: Foley, AL
- Airport: Foley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4277° N, 87.7010° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Foley Municipal Airport (5R4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4277&lon=-87.7010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7422J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7422J-1983-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKJ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800416011709A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC RPM INDICATION & NOISE. UNDERSHOT PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND DEFECTIVE TACH.

## 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 MIA80FKJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKJ29), Apr 16, 1980: Piper PA-28R (N7422J), Foley, AL, substantial damage

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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