19801212075029A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Rexburg, ID · December 12, 1980

Date
December 12, 1980 · 16:30 local
Place
Rexburg, ID
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N78709
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FA011
Reported as
Piper PA12
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
382 total21 in this make and model118 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Occupants found frozen. Airplane wrecked by ground collision. Cause unknown. Airplane torched by occupants.

As the FAA filed it

OCCUPANTS FOUND FROZEN. AIRPLANE WRECKED BY GROUND COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. AIRPLANE TORCHED BY OCCUPANTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.