# Accident 19800805035559A: Piper PA24250, Okeechobee, FL, August 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1980, 19:57 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Airport: River Acres
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3253° N, 81.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVER ACRES (FD70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3253&lon=-81.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5412P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5412P-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD75) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800805035559A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED AREA & AIRPORT. ON LAST PASS, MADE STEEP TURN. WING STRUCK GROUND NEAR RUNWAY. AIRPLANE CART-WHEELED.

## 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 MIA80FLD75](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD75), Aug 5, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N5412P), Okeechobee, FL, 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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