# Accident 19800823037029A: Piper PA36285, Knox City, TX, August 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Knox City, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.4176° N, 99.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knox City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4176&lon=-99.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57746, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57746) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-285 (registry code 7103610, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-285) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,865 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPD43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPD43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823037029A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHICH FORCED AIRCRAFT INTO GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 FTW80DPD43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPD43), Aug 23, 1980: Piper PA-36 (N57746), Knox City, TX, destroyed

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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