# Accident 19800907039719A: Piper PA12, Crossville, TN, September 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: Crossville, TN
- Airport: Crossville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9515° N, 85.0306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crossville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9515&lon=-85.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3467M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3467M-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 186 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DKW20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKW20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800907039719A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLIMB DUE TO DENSITY ALTITUDE. DELAYED IN ABORTING TAKEOFF. TRIED TO RETURN TO RUNWAY. CRASHED IN TURN.

## 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 ATL80DKW20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKW20), Sep 7, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N3467M), Crossville, TN, 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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