# Accident 19800421010909A: Piper PA28180, Lares, Puerto Rico, April 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1980, 11:45 local time
- Place: Lares, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Domingo Ruiz
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.2968° N, 66.8834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lares, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2968&lon=-66.8834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7726N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7726N-1981-12-18) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 3 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800421010909A

## Narrative

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

STARTED GO-AROUND. OVER-BOOSTED ENGINE QUIT. LANDED IN TREES IN A RAVINE AT END 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 MIA80FKA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKA07), Apr 21, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N7726N), Lares, PR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7726N (2)

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

- [Incident 19780922027349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780922027349I), Sep 22, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N7726N), Mayaquez, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. While taxiing to ramp after landing, nose wheel overran pavement edge and fell into depression.
- [Incident 19780710043619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780710043619I), Jul 10, 1978: Piper PA28180 (N7726N), Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Pilot allowed prop tips to strike the runway during landing.

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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