# Accident 19800822039229A: Piper PA28180, Ashville, AL, August 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ashville, AL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8352° N, 86.2700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8352&lon=-86.2700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4520T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4520T) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 353 total, 253 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DKJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKJ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800822039229A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN CROSSWIND LANDING AIRPLANE RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO A FENCE.

## 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 ATL80DKJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKJ27), Aug 22, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N4520T), Ashville, AL, 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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