# Accident 19801130072912A: Piper PA32260, Hilton Head, SC, November 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hilton Head, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2245° N, 80.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2245&lon=-80.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3242W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3242W-2013-08-13) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130072912A

## Narrative

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

WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT N7516B WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT. OTHER AIRCRAFT ON CONVERGING COURSE BANKED INTO N3242W

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7516B, Bbavia 7FC: [Accident 19801130072911A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130072911A)

## 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 ATL81FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA019), Nov 30, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N3242W), Hilton Head, SC, destroyed, 5 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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