# Accident 19801212072689A: Piper PA32300, Cold Bay, AL, December 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1980, 19:51 local time
- Place: Cold Bay, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Aircraft: N2243Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2243Q-1983-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,297 total, 850 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212072689A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN HEAVY SNOW SQUALL ON NIGHT MEDIVAC FLIGHT. LACKED 6 MONTH INSTRUMENT CHECK.

## 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 ANC81FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA008), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N2243Q), Cold Bay, AK, destroyed, 4 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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