# Accident 19800420009969A: Piper PA28180, Falmouth, KY, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Falmouth, KY
- Airport: Ray'S
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6718° N, 84.3309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6718&lon=-84.3309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8907J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8907J-1981-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 16 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420009969A

## Narrative

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

USED MOST OFF OF 2,000 FOOT SOD UNMOWED RUNWAY PRIOR TO LIFT-OFF. BANKED SHARPLY ON CLIMB. HIT TREES, BURNED.

## 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 IAD80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA040), Apr 20, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8907J), Falmouth, KY, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N8907J (1)

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

- [Incident 19780719043759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780719043759I), Jul 19, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N8907J), Bedford, IN. Emergency landing due to internal engine failure.

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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