# Accident 19800703025089A: Piper PA28180, Clearfield, PA, July 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Clearfield, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0215° N, 78.4394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearfield, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0215&lon=-78.4394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8903J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8903J-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800703025089A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES NEAR DESTINATION. VFR PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 NYC80FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA051), Jul 3, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8903J), Clearfield, PA, destroyed, 3 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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