# Accident 19801205089409A: Piper PA32260, Carson City, NV, December 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Airport: Carson City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1923° N, 119.7326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARSON CITY (CXP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1923&lon=-119.7326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3587W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3587W-1982-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 768 total, 214 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FXQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FXQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801205089409A

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT, ENGINE QUIT. HIT FENCE AND DITCH ON LANDING.  FOUND OPEN PRIMER LINE.  NO CARB AIR FILTER. OTHER

## 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 LAX81FXQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FXQ04), Dec 5, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N3587W), Carson City, NV, destroyed

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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