# Accident 19800907041499A: Piper PA28180, Germantown, OH, September 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1980, 12:40 local time
- Place: Germantown, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6325° N, 84.3645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Germantown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6325&lon=-84.3645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7524W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7524W-1993-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,028 total, 936 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800907041499A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ENROUTE DUE TO ROD AND BEARING FAILURE. OVERSHOT MOWED WHEAT FIELD. WENT INTO SOY BEANS, NOSED OVER

## 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 CHI80FEG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEG22), Sep 7, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N7524W), Germantown, OH, minor 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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