# Accident 19800928048689A: Piper PA28181, El Rito, NM, September 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: El Rito, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3326° N, 106.1741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Rito, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3326&lon=-106.1741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1344H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1344H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 116 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800928048689A

## Narrative

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

BUZZED FRIEND'S HOUSE AT TREE-TOP LEVEL. PROP STRUCK LONE TREE. AIRPLANE STALLED INTO WOODED AREA.

## 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 FTW80DA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DA125), Sep 28, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N1344H), El Rito, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1344H (1)

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

- [Accident 19770904027249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770904027249A), Sep 4, 1977: Piper PA28181 (N1344H), Aztec, NM, Substantial damage. Flaps not retracted.

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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