# Accident 19800615088439A: Piper PA34200T, Lihue, HI, June 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1980, 11:06 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2564Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2564Q-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,548 total, 457 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800615088439A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT DISORIENTED ON VOR APPROACH. PROCEEDED WRONG DIRECTIN IN MISS APPROACH. STRUCK MOUNTAIN-SIDE.

## 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 LAX80FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA109), Jun 15, 1980: Piper PA-34 (N2564Q), Lihue, HI, 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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