# Accident 19800914041979A: Piper PA28181, Montgomeryville, PA, September 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1980, 11:20 local time
- Place: Montgomeryville, PA
- Airport: Turner
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2502° N, 75.2405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montgomeryville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2502&lon=-75.2405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5055F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5055F-1991-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 713 total, 713 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800914041979A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE ON INITIAL CLIMB. CRASH-LANDED IN FARM FIELD. FOUND BROKEN SPARK PLUG. LANDED IN 8-FEET HIGH CORN.

## 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 NYC80FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA088), Sep 14, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N5055F), Montgomeryvill, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5055F (1)

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

- [Accident 19910615022049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910615022049A), Jun 15, 1991: Piper PA28181 (N5055F), Marquette, MI, Substantial damage. Lost control and crashed during back course ILS approach.

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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