# Accident 19800519014819A: Piper PA32300, Nunavarchuk, AK, May 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Nunavarchuk, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N2077X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2077X-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,450 total, 1,202 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800519014819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TAKEOFF, HIT PLANE ON RUNWAY. COULD HAVE BEEN OVER-LOADED.

## 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 ANC80DA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA046), May 19, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N2077X), Nunavarchuk, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2077X (1)

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

- [Incident 19800223027159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800223027159I), Feb 23, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N2077X), New Koliganek, AK, Minor damage. Right main gear struck a raised section of ice on snow and ice covered runway while landing.

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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