# Accident 19800821036309A: Piper PA28180, Elkton, MD, August 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1980, 16:20 local time
- Place: Elkton, MD
- Airport: Cecil Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5742° N, 75.8698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cecil County Airport (58M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5742&lon=-75.8698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7251W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7251W-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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 PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 388 total, 374 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FIG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800821036309A

## Narrative

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

BRAKES FAILED DURING LANDING. PILOT ATTEMPTED GO AROUND TO LATE AND AIRPLANE CRASHED OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ATL80FIG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FIG16), Aug 21, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N7251W), Elkton, MD, 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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