# Accident 19800908040839A: Piper PA28140, Albany, MO, September 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1980, 20:50 local time
- Place: Albany, MO
- Airport: Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2479° N, 94.3335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2479&lon=-94.3335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1883T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1883T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 214 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCG45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCG45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800908040839A

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRUCK AIR INTAKE DURING TAKEOFF. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING OFF AIRPORT.

## 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 MKC80DCG45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCG45), Sep 8, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N1883T), Albany, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1883T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780310014219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780310014219I), Mar 10, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N1883T), Creve Coeur, MO, Minor damage. Pilot landed short on an airport which was only partially cleared of snow & was notamed closed.

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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