# Accident 19801026058509A: Piper PA32260, St Jacob, IL, October 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: St Jacob, IL
- Airport: Shaffer Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7180° N, 89.7633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Jacob, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7180&lon=-89.7633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10DR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,808 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 174 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FCA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FCA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801026058509A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SUFFERED INTERNAL FAILURE ON TAKE OFF. PREFLITE WARNUP MINMAL. PILOT VISION OBSCURED BY FROST AND SUN.

## 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 CHI81FCA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FCA04), Oct 26, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N10DR), St Jacob, IL, destroyed

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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