# Accident 19800707042769A: Piper PA36285, Dalles, OR, July 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Dalles, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N9973P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9973P-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,864 total, 650 in this make and model, 216 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYM43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYM43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800707042769A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT MANUVERED INTO CANYON AND COULD NOT MAKE TURN OUT. CRASHED INTO SIDE OF CANYON.

## 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 SEA80DYM43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYM43), Jul 7, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N9973P), The Dalles, OR, substantial damage

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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