# Accident 19800801037109A: Piper PA23250, Jackson, TN, August 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1980, 20:40 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckellar
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6145° N, 88.8139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6145&lon=-88.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7AD-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,232 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801037109A

## Narrative

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

APPROACH SHORT. ADDED POWER. ONE ENGINE FALED TO RESPOND. PUT FULL POWER ON OTHER ENGINE. ROLLED, WING HIT GROUND.

## 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 ATL80FLT11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT11), Aug 1, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N7AD), Jackson, TN, destroyed

## Other reports on N7AD (1)

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

- [Accident 19780705019469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780705019469A), Jul 5, 1978: Piper PA23 (N7AD), St Simons Isle, GA, Substantial damage. Nose strut fork casting broken at the fork to sliding tube bolt ahment.

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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