# Accident 19800421009479A: Piper PA28140, Myerstown, PA, April 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1980, 23:15 local time
- Place: Myerstown, PA
- Airport: Lebanon Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3721° N, 76.3056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myerstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3721&lon=-76.3056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8523C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8523C-1989-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 233 total, 221 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FGT09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGT09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800421009479A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON NIGHT LANDING APPROACH. IMPACTED GROUND 280 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC80FGT09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGT09), Apr 21, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8523C), Myerstown, PA, 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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