# Accident 19800720036699A: Piper PA28181, Gardner, WA, July 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: Gardner, WA
- Airport: Diamond Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0926° N, 122.9285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DIAMOND POINT AIRSTRIP (2WA1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0926&lon=-122.9285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3576B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3576B-2012-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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 PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 20 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYE43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYE43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720036699A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE TOO LOW AND PILOT BLINDED BY SUN. STRUCK WIRES SHORT OF RUNWAY ON LANDING APPROACH.

## 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 SEA80FYE43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYE43), Jul 20, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N3576B), Gardner, WA, destroyed

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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