# Accident 19800612025559A: Piper PA28236, Portland, OR, June 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5235° N, 122.6762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, OR, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5235&lon=-122.6762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2333U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2333U-1983-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800612025559A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FOUND 8 WEEKS AFTER CRASH ON MOUNTAIN-SIDE. CLOUDS WERE REPORTED 4000 FEET. CRASH ELEVATION 4500 FEET.

## 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 SEA80FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA044), Jun 12, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N2333U), Portland, OR, destroyed, 2 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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