# Accident 19800701022979A: Piper PA32300, Togiak, AK, July 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1980, 17:45 local time
- Place: Togiak, AK
- Airport: Togiak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YUAA
- Location: 59.0536° N, 160.3968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOGIAK (TOG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0536&lon=-160.3968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15775, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15775-1983-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,145 total, 1,085 in this make and model, 274 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800701022979A

## Narrative

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

STARTED TURN AROUND IN A VALLEY DUE TO WORSENING WEATHER, WIND. DRIFTED AIRPLANE CLOSE TO RIDGE. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 ANC80DA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA058), Jul 1, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N15775), Togiak, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N15775 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800124029699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124029699I), Jan 24, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N15775), Tuntukuliak, AK, Minor damage. After landing on icy runway, the airplane hit a snow berm.

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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