# Accident 19800910041359A: Piper PA24260, Sandusky, OH, September 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1980, 10:45 local time
- Place: Sandusky, OH
- Airport: Griffin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4559° N, 82.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandusky, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4559&lon=-82.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9411P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9411P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,358 total, 2,750 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEI42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800910041359A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF LANDED IN BAY. FOUND FUEL INJECTOR DIAPHRAGM SEPARATED, CUT OFF FUEL FLOW. AD NOT COMPLIED.

## 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 CHI80FEI42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEI42), Sep 10, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N9411P), Sandusky, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9411P (1)

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

- [Incident 19900215006709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900215006709I), Feb 15, 1990: Piper PA24260 (N9411P), West Ossipee, NH, Minor damage. Unable to stop aircraft on an icy Private strip. Ground looped aircraft to avoid hitting another aircraft.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.