# Accident 19801113074839A: Piper PA24, Des Arc, MO, November 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Des Arc, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2832° N, 90.6361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Arc, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2832&lon=-90.6361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6345P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6345P-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 425 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801113074839A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FOUND LEAKY FUEL CAP HAD SIPHONED FUEL, COLLAPSED RUBBER FUEL CELL.

## 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 MKC81DCA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCA04), Nov 13, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N6345P), Des Arc, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6345P (1)

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

- [Accident 19921024043319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921024043319A), Oct 24, 1992: Piper PA24 (N6345P), Ludington, MI, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Settled into trees. Piston ring NR1 cyl. Broke and right mag intermittent. Engine over tbo.

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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