# Accident 19800726030519A: Piper PA28235, Lake City, MI, July 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1980, 15:29 local time
- Place: Lake City, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3297° N, 85.2085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3297&lon=-85.2085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15336, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15336-1983-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 120 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800726030519A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT PROCEEDED INTO IFR WEATHER. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI80FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA060), Jul 26, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N15336), Lake City, MI, 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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