# Accident 19800528015579A: Piper PA28161, Hampden, MA, May 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Hampden, MA
- Airport: Country Club
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0640° N, 72.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampden, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0640&lon=-72.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21480, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21480-2023-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 527 total, 265 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800528015579A

## Narrative

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

FAIRWAY BLOCKED FOR INTENDED LANDING AREA. LANDED DOWNWIND ON WET GRASS ON OTHER FAIRWAY. SLID INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC80FNE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE17), May 28, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N21480), Hampden, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N21480 (1)

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

- [Accident 20230325004579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230325004579A), Mar 25, 2023: Piper PA-28-161 (N21480), Johns Island, SC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 25, 2023 at approximately 1252 hours (local), a Piper PA-28 operating under 14 CFR part 91 was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near…

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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