# Incident 19800613053689I: Piper PA38112, Elizabethtown, KY, June 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1980, 15:45 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Ben Floyd
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6987° N, 85.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6987&lon=-85.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9326T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9326T-1999-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800613053689I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING RESULTED IN RUNNING OFF RUNWAY, STRIKING RUNWAY LIGHT AND DAMAGING ENGINE MOUNT.

## Other reports on N9326T (1)

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

- [Accident 19910718029019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910718029019A), Jul 18, 1991: Piper PA38112 (N9326T), Whitherral, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Impacted at high speed in open field and disintegrated. Pilot certificate number pending.

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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