# Accident 19800815037939A: Piper PA24260, Atlantic City, NJ, August 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1980, 15:35 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Bader
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8783P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8783P-1982-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 966 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800815037939A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT COMPLETE AN AILERON ROLL AT 1000 FEET, THEN LOOP WITH INSUFFICIENT GROUND CLEARANCE.

## 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 NYC80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA071), Aug 15, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N8783P), Atlantic City, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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