# Accident 19800821037669A: Piper PA32300, Choteau, MT, August 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1980, 18:35 local time
- Place: Choteau, MT
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8137° N, 112.1794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Choteau, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8137&lon=-112.1794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4429T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4429T-1981-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 461 total, 134 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800821037669A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL. AIRPLANE STRUCK HILL OFF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.

## 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 DEN80FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA057), Aug 21, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N4429T), Choteau, MT, substantial damage, 5 fatal

## Other reports on N4429T (1)

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

- [Accident 19740623018959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740623018959A), Jun 23, 1974: Piper PA32300 (N4429T), Pacific City, OR, Substantial damage. Hit short & bounced. Wg struck rwy,acft veered into ditch. Gusts to 30K.

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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