# Accident 19800723027449A: Piper PA28140, Peru, ID, July 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Peru, ID
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N44245, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800723027449A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY. FUEL STRAINER FOUND LOOSE.

## 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 CHI80FET22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET22), Jul 23, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N44245), Peru, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N44245 (3)

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

- [Accident 20210802012349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210802012349A), Aug 2, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N44245), Tubac, AZ, Substantial damage. On 2 August, 2021 around 0945 local time a cherokee 140 made an off airport landing into a field a couple miles NE of Tubac outside of nogales, Arizona. Pilot…
- [Accident 19960807029789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807029789A), Aug 7, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N44245), Rensslaer, IN, Substantial damage. Bounced on hard landing. Stopped off runway. Returned to base. Prop, nose gear, fire wall damaged. Wings wrinkled. (-23) on August 7, 1996, at 1100 CDT, a…
- [Incident 19780731044589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731044589I), Jul 31, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N44245), Madison, WI. Forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. Quick drain sump on the right side was opened by bird strike.

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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