# Accident 19800831038669A: Piper PA22108, Laporte, TX, August 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: Laporte, TX
- Airport: Laporte
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6693° N, 95.0642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (T41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6693&lon=-95.0642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4774Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4774Z-2012-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 519 total, 159 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRA47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800831038669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAID AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF CAUSING CRASH.

## 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 FTW80DRA47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRA47), Aug 31, 1980: Piper PA-22 (N4774Z), La Porte, TX, 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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