# Accident 19800805036519A: Piper PA28181, Liberty, NC, August 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1980, 22:00 local time
- Place: Liberty, NC
- Airport: Causey City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9118° N, 79.6176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAUSEY (NC74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9118&lon=-79.6176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8340C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8340C-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 6 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DKM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKM22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800805036519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDING AT NIGHT ON NARROW RUNWAY. MADE HARD LANDING, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL80DKM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKM22), Aug 5, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8340C), Liberty, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8340C (1)

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

- [Accident 19810325012329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325012329A), Mar 25, 1981: Piper PA28181 (N8340C), Statesville, NC, Substantial damage. Landed Long on wet sod runway. Ran off end into brush and trees.

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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