# Accident 19801111066349A: Piper PA32260, Green City, MO, November 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1980, 16:40 local time
- Place: Green City, MO
- Airport: Widmark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2531° N, 92.9549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Widmark Airport (MO83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2531&lon=-92.9549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3209W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3209W-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 72 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801111066349A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON WET GRASS RUNWAY. UNABLE TO STOP, WENT THROUGH FENCE AND INTO TREES AT END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 MKC81DCG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCG11), Nov 11, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N3209W), Green City, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3209W (2)

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

- [Accident 19790930024419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790930024419A), Sep 30, 1979: Piper PA32260 (N3209W), Green City, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot struck a tree and fencepost while landing at night on a 2000' strip.
- [Incident 19780708043079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780708043079I), Jul 8, 1978: Piper PA32260 (N3209W), Kirksville, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft veered off runway after touchdown. Broken nose wheel locked against the fork. Cleveland 38501.

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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