# Accident 19800722027389A: Piper PA38112, Austin, TX, July 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Tims
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9523T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9523T-1991-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 50 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800722027389A

## Narrative

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

CROSSWIND GUST CAUSED AIRPLANE TO DRIFT OFF RUNWAY. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT. STRUCK PARKED VEHICLES

## 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 FTW80FRG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRG58), Jul 22, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N9523T), Austin, TX, 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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