# Accident 19800529016499A: Piper PA36300, Ft Lauderdale, FL, May 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4169E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 5 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKT41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800529016499A

## Narrative

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

NOSE HIGH TAKEOFF. LOST POWER, ENTERED SEMI-STALLED HIGH-SINK RATE TO IMPACT. CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED ON FUEL PUMP.

## 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 MIA80FKT41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKT41), May 29, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N4169E), Ft.Lauderdale, FL, destroyed

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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