# Accident 19800614019599A: Piper PA28180, Tower, MN, June 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1980, 08:00 local time
- Place: Tower, MN
- Airport: Tower Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8182° N, 92.2861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOWER MUNI (12D), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8182&lon=-92.2861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4774L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4774L-1981-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 476 total, 360 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DER48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800614019599A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON CLIMBOUT. USED INCORRECT SHORT FIELD PROCEDURES.

## 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 CHI80DER48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER48), Jun 14, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N4774L), Tower, MN, substantial damage

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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