# Accident 19800626037079A: Piper PA32RT300T, Granite, OR, June 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Granite, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8103° N, 118.4192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Granite, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8103&lon=-118.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39691, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39691-1982-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 516 total, 245 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800626037079A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED INTO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

## 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 SEA80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA036), Jun 26, 1980: Piper PA32RT (N39691), Granite, OR, destroyed, 4 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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