# Accident 19801125072099A: Piper PA32260, Loreauville, LA, November 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Loreauville, LA
- Airport: Lone Star Duster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0633° N, 91.7390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loreauville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0633&lon=-91.7390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4690F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4690F-2012-11-27) (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: 467 total, 467 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801125072099A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF, WING STRUCK BORDERING PINE TREES. GUSTY CROSSWIND A FACTOR.

## 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 FTW81DRD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRD07), Nov 25, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N4690F), Loreauville, LA, substantial damage

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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