# Accident 19801113074799A: Piper PA28180, Fremont, MI, November 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1980, 20:39 local time
- Place: Fremont, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4625° N, 85.9548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fremont, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4625&lon=-85.9548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7956N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7956N-1983-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 76 total, 16 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801113074799A

## Narrative

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

ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED. DEPARTED, LOST CONTROL ON CLIMBOUT. OBSERVED SPINNING OUT OF CLOUDS TO GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 CHI81FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA006), Nov 13, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N7956N), Fremont, MI, 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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