# Accident 19800716032949A: Piper PA23160, Waukegan, IL, July 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1980, 12:50 local time
- Place: Waukegan, IL
- Airport: Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3694° N, 87.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukegan, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3694&lon=-87.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1700U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1700U-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,805 total, 34 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEE38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800716032949A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED POWER LOSS ONE ENGINE. CRASH LANDED. POSSIBLE PRACTICE ENGINE OUT BUT UNABLE RESTART. STARTER ENGAGED.

## 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 CHI80FEE38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE38), Jul 16, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N1700U), Waukegan, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1700U (1)

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

- [Accident 19730322007359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730322007359A), Mar 22, 1973: Piper PA23160 (N1700U), CA, 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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