# Accident 19800516014019A: Piper PA34200, Enterprise, MS, May 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1980, 10:42 local time
- Place: Enterprise, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1725° N, 88.8158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enterprise, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1725&lon=-88.8158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N812DM-1983-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 139 in this make and model, 360 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800516014019A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED IFR INTO KNOWN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. AIRPLANE BROKE UP IN FLIGHT.

## 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 ATL80FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA047), May 16, 1980: Piper PA-34 (N812DM), Enterprise, MS, 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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