# Accident 19800422011559A: Piper PA28180, Bowling Green, KY, April 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1980, 16:55 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32992, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32992-1981-12-23) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 84 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800422011559A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL WITH AOR PRT OM SIGHT. STRUCK POWER LINE OFF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## 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 IAD80FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA042), Apr 22, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N32992), Bowling Green, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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