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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Imperial, CA · May 9, 1980

Date
May 9, 1980 · 18:22 local
Place
Imperial, CA
Airport
Imperial Co
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N44725
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80FA028
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Go-around due to excessive crosswind. Made nose high drifting right downwind turn, stalled. Airplane over gross.

As the FAA filed it

GO-AROUND DUE TO EXCESSIVE CROSSWIND. MADE NOSE HIGH DRIFTING RIGHT DOWNWIND TURN, STALLED. AIRPLANE OVER GROSS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.