# Accident 19800814037779A: Piper PA32300, Ekuk, AK, August 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Ekuk, AK
- Airport: Ekuk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 58.8112° N, 158.5588° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EKUK (KKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8112&lon=-158.5588&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4089W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4089W-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,698 total, 119 in this make and model, 360 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800814037779A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO ABORT TAKEOFF TOO LATE AND RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO SWAMP.

## 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 ANC80DA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA092), Aug 14, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N4089W), Ekuk, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4089W (2)

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

- [Accident 20131006022679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131006022679A), Oct 6, 2013: Piper PA-32-300 (N4089W), San Jose Villag, CM, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft N4089W departed Tinian International Airport VFR at 02:41AM on a moonless night to transport six passengers to saipan international airport. The…
- [Accident 20010503039779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010503039779A), May 3, 2001: Piper PA32300 (N4089W), Chefornak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 3, 2001, about 1050 adt, a wheel equipped Piper PA-32-300, N4089W, sustained substantial damage while attempting a landing at Chefornak, Alaska.…

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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