# Accident 19800703024149A: Piper PA23250, Rockford, TN, July 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1980, 17:44 local time
- Place: Rockford, TN
- Airport: Mcghee Tyson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6087Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6087Y-2013-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800703024149A

## Narrative

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

PROCEEDED INTO KNOWN FRONTAL AREA. LOST CONTROL IN SEVERE TURBULENCE AND DOWNDRAFTS. DESINTIGRATED ON IMPACT.

## 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 ATL80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA065), Jul 3, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N6087Y), Rockford, TN, destroyed, 5 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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