# Accident 19800504045839A: Piper PA22160, Hadley, MI, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980, 17:55 local time
- Place: Hadley, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9545° N, 83.4033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hadley, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9545&lon=-83.4033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8138D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8138D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 128 total, 128 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504045839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM UNIMPROVED FIELD. TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED TOO LATE & AIRCRAFT HIT TREES AT END OF FIELD.

## 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 CHI80FEC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC16), May 4, 1980: Piper PA-22 (N8138D), Hadley, MI, 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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