# Incident 19801010077839I: Piper PA32300, Elgin, IL, October 10, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Elgin, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0372° N, 88.2812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elgin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0372&lon=-88.2812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33411, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801010077839I

## Narrative

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

ZD PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N33411 (1)

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

- [Incident 20140829020389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140829020389I), Aug 29, 2014: Piper PA-32-300 (N33411), Urbana, OH, No damage. The aircraft departed grimes field (I74) to the south climbing to a cruising altitude of 3600 feet. Shortly after reaching cruising altitude the engine failed.…

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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