# Accident 19800710040489A: Piper PA31P, Charleston, SC, July 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1980, 08:58 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-In
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7766° N, 79.9309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7766&lon=-79.9309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N776SW-1982-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- Reported engine: LYC TIGO541E1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,400 total, 705 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800710040489A

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS. RIGHT ENGINE AT CRUISE. RETURNED. STRUCK TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY. FEATHERED LEFT ENGINE, OVER GROSS.

## 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 ATL80FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FA072), Jul 10, 1980: Piper PA-31P (N776SW), Charleston, SC, destroyed, 1 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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