# Accident 19800827038629A: Piper PA23250, East Tawas, MI, August 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1980, 04:37 local time
- Place: East Tawas, MI
- Airport: Iasco
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2908° N, 83.4838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Tawas, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2908&lon=-83.4838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44EM-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,324 total, 175 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800827038629A

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE. STRUCK TREES ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM RUNWAY. WEATHER BELOW MINIMA.

## 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 CHI80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA065), Aug 27, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N44EM), East Tawas, MI, destroyed, 4 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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