# Incident 19800806066459I: Piper PA23250, Mayport, FL, August 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1980, 12:44 local time
- Place: Mayport, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3933° N, 81.4306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayport, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3933&lon=-81.4306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N640CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N640CC-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800806066459I

## Narrative

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

LANDED AFTER ERRATIC ENGINE OPERATION. SUSPECT IMPROPER USE OF FUEL SELECTOR.

## Other reports on N640CC (2)

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

- [Accident 19870514022009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870514022009A), May 14, 1987: Piper PA23250 (N640CC), Atlantic Ocean, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft became missing on over water flight to aruba, netherland antilles from miami, FL. Presumed lost at sea.
- [Accident 19791027035119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791027035119A), Oct 27, 1979: Piper PA23250 (N640CC), Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot retracted landing gear on takeoff, then allowed aircraft to settle and contact the runway.

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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