# Accident 19801206072319A: Piper PA23, Louisville, KY, December 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1980, 12:42 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2116P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2116P-1983-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 135 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLQ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801206072319A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. DID NOT FEATHER. UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. HIT TREES AND HOUSE. UNKNOWN POWER LOSS.

## 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 ATL81FLQ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLQ07), Dec 6, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N2116P), Louisville, KY, 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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