# Accident 19800617021529A: Piper PA30, Saltese, MT, June 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1980, 11:16 local time
- Place: Saltese, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4114° N, 115.5121° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saltese, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4114&lon=-115.5121&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7181Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7181Y-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 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/19800617021529A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO DENSE FOG TRYING TO FOLLOW HIGHWAY THROUGH A PASS. SLAMMED INTO MOUNTAINSIDE IN CRUISE FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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