# Accident 19801010074089A: Piper PA28161, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, October 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1980, 20:11 local time
- Place: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Borinquen
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4375° N, 67.1543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aguadilla, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4375&lon=-67.1543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707XQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N707XQ-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801010074089A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY FLEW INTO WATER AFTER OVERSHOOTING RUNWAY. USED RIGHTHAND PATTERN INSTEAD OF NORMAL LEFT PATTERN.

## 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 MIA81FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA001), Oct 10, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N707XQ), Aguadilla, PR, destroyed, 4 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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