# Accident 19800512012539A: Piper PA36285, Bethune, CO, May 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1980, 09:45 local time
- Place: Bethune, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3038° N, 102.4234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethune, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3038&lon=-102.4234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56844, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56844) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 109 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DTE44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTE44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800512012539A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF WITH SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. WIND BLEW AIRCRAFT OFF ROAD INTO A DITCH.

## 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 DEN80DTE44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTE44), May 12, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N56844), Bethune, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56844 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110707014579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110707014579I), Jul 7, 2011: Piper PA-36-285 (N56844), Fergus Falls, MN, Substantial damage. On 07/08/2011 [privacy data omitted] had begun, a spray pass to the south on the west side of the field he was intending to spray; the weather was very hot and…

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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