# Accident 19800426010309A: Piper PA28140, Wendover, UT, April 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7187° N, 114.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDOVER (ENV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7187&lon=-114.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4605R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4605R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTM15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800426010309A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CARRYING PASSENGERS ATTEMPTED NIGHT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED RUNWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

## 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 DEN80FTM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTM15), Apr 26, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N4605R), Wendover, UT, 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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