# Accident 19800930049859A: Piper PA32300, Chattahoochee, FL, September 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1980, 00:05 local time
- Place: Chattahoochee, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6983° N, 84.8306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chattahoochee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6983&lon=-84.8306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56675, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56675-1981-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930049859A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WITH PASSENGER PROCEEDED INTO AREA OF LOW CEILING, FOG, RAIN AT NIGHT. STRUCK TREES AT HIGH SPEED.

## 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 MIA80FA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA114), Sep 30, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N56675), Chattahoochee, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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